Should I start Chris Olave or Denzel Boston in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Olave's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 71 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 4 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 6 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 90 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 15.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 5 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 6 of 11 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 81 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.