Should I start Denzel Boston or DeMario Douglas in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 DeMario Douglas is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 7, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 55 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.