Start Denzel Boston or Adonai Mitchell? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Denzel Boston at 11.1 points and Adonai Mitchell at 10.0, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Denzel Boston's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Denzel Boston at 48.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Adonai Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Adonai Mitchell at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 14 books).

That puts Denzel Boston 1.1 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on the books.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston played 93 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 52 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 2 against TB: 54 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell played 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 56 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 1 against TEN: 46 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 2 against GB: 61 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Adonai Mitchell played 16 games for NYJ and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 373 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 18 of 2025 against BUF: 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Denzel Boston over George Kittle.
• Start Denzel Boston over Hunter Henry.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.