Too close to call: Treylon Burks (6.9) and Rashod Bateman (6.8) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Treylon Burks faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Treylon Burks WR · WAS | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.0 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.8 (WR62) | 6.6 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-softest (40.1 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 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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It is a coin flip. Treylon Burks projects for 6.9 PPR points and Rashod Bateman for 6.8, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 6.9 PPR points for Treylon Burks and 6.8 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 5.3 to 9.0 for Burks and from 5.6 to 8.3 for Bateman. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Rashod Bateman is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bateman at 5.6 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 8.3 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Treylon Burks plays PHI and Rashod Bateman plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Burks faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs, so Rashod Bateman 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 Rashod Bateman 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 Rashod Bateman 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 Rashod Bateman by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.