Should I start Treylon Burks or Laquon Treadwell in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 175th 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 Laquon Treadwell is 1.2 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 50 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, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 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 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Laquon Treadwell was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

Treylon Burks had 22 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 22 to 0.

Treylon Burks had 130 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 130 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 50 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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