Should I start Treylon Burks or Kyle Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 50 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 17.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 47 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 7, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 30 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Treylon Burks scored 3.6 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 0.7 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Treylon Burks had 1 more targets than Kyle Williams, 22 to 21.

Kyle Williams had 79 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 209 to 130.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 30 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Treylon Burks is off in Week 7 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.