Denzel Boston or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Denzel Boston at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Emeka Egbuka at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 85 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.