Michael Wilson or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

What the player markets price

The market has Michael Wilson at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Luther Burden III at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Wilson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 11 of 17 targets for 89 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 64 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 4.4 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Michael Wilson had 66 more targets than Luther Burden III, 126 to 60.

Michael Wilson had 354 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 1006 to 652.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 64 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.