Should I start Denzel Boston or Keenan Allen in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 4:51 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Denzel Boston over Keenan Allen
Wrong: 9.7 to 13.7
- Market projected
- 9.8
- pre-game
- PIT D vs WR
- 30.2
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 28%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 9.7
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 9.2
- pre-game
- JAX D vs WR
- 38.0
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 23%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 13.7
- PPR pts
Start Denzel Boston: 91 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Keenan Allen's 57 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Keenan Allen for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Keenan Allen 76 (9.5 a game over 8 games).
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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.
WR49 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 132
WR53 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 9.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 136
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The gap
- Board size297 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 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Keenan Allen 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 8
Through Week 8, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 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.
Through Week 8, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 15 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 50 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.
In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against JAX he caught 7 of 7 targets for 67 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.
He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 60 percent.
This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 21 percent.
Byes and availability
Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Keenan Allen for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Keenan Allen 76 (9.5 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Keenan Allen?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Keenan Allen 76 (9.5 a game over 8 games).
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