Start Treylon Burks or Jordan Watkins? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jordan Watkins over Treylon Burks in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jordan Watkins 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 Jordan Watkins this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (2.8 and 5.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jordan Watkins yet. His market-based projections were 2.8 and 5.2 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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 Jordan Watkins 0.5 points ahead of Treylon Burks on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jordan Watkins and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 33.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against LV.

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 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown a game against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Treylon Burks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Jordan Watkins played 52 percent of SF snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 4 against DEN: 25 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 7 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks played 52 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: 40 of 60 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 81 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 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 9 calls

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