Denzel Boston or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is the 120th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

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

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 78 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.3 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.