Should I start Ted Hurst III or Treylon Burks in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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 Treylon Burks is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 50 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10 and Treylon Burks in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.