Malik Nabers or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 28.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

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

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, 92 percent against 70 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.