Two players, one answer.

Theo Wease Jr. vs Treylon Burks

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Theo Wease Jr. by 4% (Redraft PPR)
Dynasty
Theo Wease Jr. by 16% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 72% held up in 2025

Start Treylon Burks

On Sleeper's projections, Treylon Burks is projected 5.2 points ahead of Theo Wease Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 72% of the time.

WR · WAS

Treylon Burks

5.5 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable

7.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.7, 4.6, 10.6

WR · LAC

Theo Wease Jr.

0.3 projected

@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET

3.4 a game this season · last 2: 2.6, 4.1

Treylon Burks is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.

What the call rests on

Treylon Burks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 PM ET
Theo Wease Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 PM ET
Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:28 PM ET.
Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:28 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.

Same projections, scored	Burks	Jr.
PPR	5.5	0.3
Half PPR	4.7	0.2
Standard	3.9	0.2

What could change it before kickoff

Treylon Burks's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Theo Wease Jr. is the start.
Theo Wease Jr. plays first (Sun 4:05 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Treylon Burks's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.