Should I start Denzel Boston or Josh Downs in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 7:31 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 10 verdict
Start Josh Downs over Denzel Boston
- Market projects
- 9.8
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs WR
- 25.4
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 9.7
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 91%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 9
Start Josh Downs over Denzel Boston in Week 10: 9.8 to 9.7 PPR points a game over recent weeks.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Josh Downs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 7 games), Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Josh Downs over Denzel Boston.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR53 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-6
- Market-based projection
- 8.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 138
WR54 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-8
- Market-based projection
- 10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 143
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The gap
- Board size305 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 1.8 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 Josh Downs is 1.7 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 9
Through Week 9, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 90 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 20 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 56 two minute targets.
His 60 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.
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.
In Week 9 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 98 yards and did not score.
Through Week 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 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 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.
He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 81 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 20 percent.
Byes and availability
Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Josh Downs in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Josh Downs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 7 games), Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Josh Downs over Denzel Boston.
Should I drop Josh Downs for Denzel Boston?
No. Keep Josh Downs: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 7 games), Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Josh Downs over Denzel Boston.
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