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Should I start Denzel Boston or Ryan Flournoy in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 10:46 AM ET.

Start Denzel Boston: 88 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ryan Flournoy's 78 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Denzel Boston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Ryan Flournoy 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Denzel Boston

WR48 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
9.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
123

Ryan Flournoy

WR49 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
9.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
124

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Ryan Flournoy is 2.0 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 8

Through Week 8, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 90 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 15.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 6 of 11 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 74 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Denzel Boston?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Ryan Flournoy 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Denzel Boston for Ryan Flournoy?

    No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Ryan Flournoy 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games).

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