Start Treylon Burks. Burks is projected for 6.9 PPR points vs 6.3 for Jahan Dotson, and faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Treylon Burks WR · WAS | Jahan Dotson WR · ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.0 | 7.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.8 (WR62) | 6.0 (WR60) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs TB |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-softest (40.1 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (29.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Treylon Burks. Burks projects for 6.9 PPR points vs PHI, against 6.3 for Jahan Dotson vs TB: a 0.6-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Treylon Burks is projected to score more: 6.9 PPR points to 6.3 for Jahan Dotson.
The sources range from 5.3 to 9.0 for Burks and from 5.5 to 7.4 for Dotson. The ranges overlap, so Dotson outscoring Burks is a realistic result.
Jahan Dotson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Dotson at 5.5 PPR points, against 5.3 for Treylon Burks.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Treylon Burks has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Burks at 9.0 PPR points, against 7.4 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Treylon Burks plays PHI and Jahan Dotson plays TB in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Burks faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs and Dotson faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs, so Treylon Burks has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Treylon Burks has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Jahan Dotson 12% of his team's targets.
Treylon Burks has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Treylon Burks.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Treylon Burks nor Jahan Dotson has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Treylon Burks is projected by 5 of them and Jahan Dotson by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.