Should I start Travis Kelce or Denzel Boston in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Travis Kelce's market-based projection is 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Denzel Boston's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.