Mike Evans or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 183.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mike Evans has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 93 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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, 93 percent against 66 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.