Start Treylon Burks or Joshua Palmer? Week 8
Updated Oct 29, 1:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Treylon Burks over Joshua Palmer
- Market projects
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs WR
- 40.1
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 50%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 3.4
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs WR
- 35.8
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 37%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 8 call
Start Treylon Burks over Joshua Palmer in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Treylon Burks at 5.2 points and Joshua Palmer at 3.4, a gap of 1.8.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Joshua Palmer, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Joshua Palmer is 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 8 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Treylon Burks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 24 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 8 market sources).
That puts Treylon Burks 1.8 points ahead of Joshua Palmer on the market projections.
Week 8 matchups
Joshua Palmer 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.
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
Joshua Palmer is not on the injury report.
Treylon Burks is listed as questionable with a foot injury.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 6, Joshua Palmer played 37 percent of BUF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Joshua Palmer, Week 2 against DET: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.
Joshua Palmer, Week 3 against LAC: 21 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Joshua Palmer, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.
Joshua Palmer, Week 6 against LV: 17 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 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, Joshua Palmer played 12 games for BUF and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.
He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 249 air yards.
He was on the field for 46 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
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- Is Joshua Palmer playing Week 8?
- Commanders depth chart
- Bills depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings