Denzel Boston or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Xavier Worthy at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 98th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 186.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 93 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 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 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 82 percent.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.