Start Treylon Burks or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Cody White over Treylon Burks in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.9 points and Treylon Burks at 3.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 3.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Treylon Burks this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.5 and 2.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 3.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Treylon Burks yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 2.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 0.2 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Cody White 0.2 points ahead of Treylon Burks on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Cody White and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Treylon Burks has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Treylon Burks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Cody White played 32 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cody White, Week 7 against LAR: 17 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

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, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Treylon Burks.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Treylon Burks.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Treylon Burks.