Should I start Treylon Burks or Marvin Mims Jr. 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 Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 164th 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 has Marvin Mims Jr. at 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, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 26 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 53 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 Marvin Mims Jr. played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.

He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Mims Jr. was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 2.6 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and Marvin Mims Jr. WR66.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 29 more targets than Treylon Burks, 51 to 22.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 192 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 322 to 130.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 26 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Treylon Burks is off in Week 7 and Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.