Should I start Denzel Boston or Quentin Johnston in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 1.9 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 Quentin Johnston is 1.9 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 so far

Through Week 7, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 81 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.