Should I start Treylon Burks or Troy Franklin in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 178th 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-based projection for Troy Franklin is 0.7 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, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Troy Franklin played 17 games and scored 177.1 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR31.

He caught 65 of 104 targets for 709 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 6.8 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 82 more targets than Treylon Burks, 104 to 22.

Troy Franklin had 579 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 709 to 130.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 40 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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