Should I start Parker Washington or Luther Burden III in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Luther Burden III, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Luther Burden III, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against SEA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 3.0 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Parker Washington had 35 more targets than Luther Burden III, 95 to 60.

Parker Washington had 195 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 847 to 652.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 61 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Luther Burden III has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.