Start Keon Coleman or Courtland Sutton? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Keon Coleman over Courtland Sutton in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Keon Coleman at 8.9 points and Courtland Sutton at 8.9, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.4 and 8.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 9.4 and 8.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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.

That puts Keon Coleman 0.0 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Keon Coleman and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Keon Coleman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 3 against LAC: 32 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 yards.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Keon Coleman over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Darius Cooper.