Should I start Makai Lemon or Denzel Boston in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston
Right: 11.7 to 9.7
- Market projected
- 10.5
- pre-game
- WAS D vs WR
- 35.9
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 28%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 11.7
- PPR pts
- 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
Week 8 result: the call to start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston was right. Lemon scored 11.7 PPR points to 9.7 for Boston. Projected 10.5 to 9.8 before kickoff.
Should I drop Makai Lemon 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), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 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.
WR50 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-7
- Market-based projection
- 10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 133
WR51 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 134
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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 Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 2.0 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 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.
Makai Lemon's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 76 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 46 two minute targets.
His 45 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against WAS he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
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.
Their last full seasons
Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 76 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Makai Lemon 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), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games).
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