Should I start Treylon Burks or Jonathan Taylor in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

Treylon Burks's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 98th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jonathan Taylor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 52 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 2 of 5 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 4 of 6 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 81 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 78 percent of IND snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 15 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Treylon Burks played 8 games and scored 29.0 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR138.

He caught 10 of 22 targets for 130 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 17.7 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Treylon Burks is a wide receiver and Jonathan Taylor a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Treylon Burks is off in Week 7 and Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jonathan Taylor has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.