Should I start Denzel Boston or Tre Tucker in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston
Wrong: 0.0 to 9.7
- Market projected
- 10.3
- pre-game
- NYJ D vs WR
- 30.6
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 4%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 9.8
- pre-game
- PIT D vs WR
- 30.2
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 28%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 9.7
- PPR pts
Week 8 result: the call to start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston was wrong. Tucker scored 0.0 PPR points to 9.7 for Boston. Projected 10.3 to 9.8 before kickoff.
Should I drop Tre Tucker 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), Tre Tucker 73 (9.1 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.
WR51 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 134
WR52 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 135
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
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 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 135th 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 Tre Tucker 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 through Week 8
Through Week 8, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 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, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 68 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 48 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.
In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 7 against LAR he caught 5 of 12 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.
He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.
That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 68 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.
Byes and availability
Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 and Tre Tucker in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tre Tucker 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), Tre Tucker 73 (9.1 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Tre Tucker?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Tre Tucker 73 (9.1 a game over 8 games).
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