Should I start Denzel Boston or T.J. Hockenson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 101st 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 6 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 has T.J. Hockenson at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 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 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Denzel Boston is a wide receiver and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.