Start Ja'Kobi Lane or Treylon Burks? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Treylon Burks in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.0 points and Treylon Burks at 3.5, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Treylon Burks this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (2.0 and 4.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Ja'Kobi Lane, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 11 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Treylon Burks yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 4.9 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Ja'Kobi Lane 0.5 points ahead of Treylon Burks on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Ja'Kobi Lane and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 38.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 210 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Treylon Burks and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LAR allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 106 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Kobi Lane has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Kobi Lane is not on the injury report.

Treylon Burks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Ja'Kobi Lane played 54 percent of BAL snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 1 against IND: 27 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 6 against CLE: 31 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 7 against CIN: 46 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 8 against BUF: 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks played 50 percent of WAS snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Treylon Burks, Week 8 against PHI: 5 targets and 3 catches for 81 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Efton Chism III over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Treylon Burks.
• Start John Metchie III over Treylon Burks.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Treylon Burks.