Start Kendrick Bourne or Courtland Sutton? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.9 points and Kendrick Bourne at 8.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Courtland Sutton this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.4, 8.3 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.7, 7.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Courtland Sutton yet. His market-based projections were 9.4, 8.3 and 8.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 7.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Courtland Sutton 0.4 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Courtland Sutton and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 122 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against KC.

Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Kendrick Bourne has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Courtland Sutton played 77 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Courtland Sutton, Week 6 against SEA: 46 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 7 against ARI: 43 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 45 yards.

Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Darius Cooper.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp.