Should I start Mike Gesicki or Treylon Burks in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 232 players with a market-based projection.

Treylon Burks's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 232 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 52 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Mike Gesicki was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Mike Gesicki scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 1.8 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Treylon Burks WR138, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Treylon Burks a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Treylon Burks in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Treylon Burks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.