Start Rashod Bateman or Treylon Burks? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Rashod Bateman over Treylon Burks in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Rashod Bateman at 4.4 points and Treylon Burks at 3.7, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashod Bateman this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.0, 4.7 and 4.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Treylon Burks this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.5 and 2.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Rashod Bateman yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.7 and 4.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Treylon Burks yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 2.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 0.2 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Rashod Bateman 0.6 points ahead of Treylon Burks on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Rashod Bateman and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 42.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against BUF.

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, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Treylon Burks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Rashod Bateman played 70 percent of BAL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashod Bateman, Week 4 against TEN: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 46 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 5 against ATL: 61 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 6 against CLE: 17 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 7 against CIN: 49 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 33 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, Rashod Bateman played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 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

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Cody White over Treylon Burks.
• Start Efton Chism III over Treylon Burks.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Treylon Burks.