Should I start C.J. Stroud or Denzel Boston in Week 7?

The market-based projections

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Denzel Boston's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 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.

Side by side

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and Denzel Boston a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Denzel Boston is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

7.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.