Denzel Boston or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 207 players the market prices.

The market has Kyle Monangai at 11.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Denzel Boston is a wide receiver and Kyle Monangai a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Kyle Monangai is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.