Should I start Denzel Boston or Michael Wilson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 Michael Wilson is 2.4 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 6

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 5 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 90 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Michael Wilson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.