Start Treylon Burks or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 8
Updated Oct 28, 8:46 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Treylon Burks over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 5.3
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs WR
- 40.1
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 50%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs WR
- 29.0
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 8 call
Start Treylon Burks over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Treylon Burks at 5.3 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.7, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.1 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Treylon Burks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 25 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 8 market sources).
No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Brian Thomas Jr. is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).
That puts Treylon Burks 0.6 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Treylon Burks and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.
Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.
By points allowed to the position, Treylon Burks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Treylon Burks is listed as questionable with a foot injury.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 6, Treylon Burks played 50 percent of WAS snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
Treylon Burks, Week 3 against SEA: 25 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown.
Treylon Burks, Week 4 against IND: 38 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 47 yards, 1 touchdown.
Treylon Burks, Week 5 against NYG: 45 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.
Treylon Burks, Week 6 against SF: 37 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Treylon Burks played 8 games for WAS 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 and 96 air yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.
He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 51 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 3.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Treylon Burks playing Week 8?
- Is Brian Thomas Jr. playing Week 8?
- Commanders depth chart
- Jaguars depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings