Start Courtland Sutton or Denzel Boston? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 7:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 4:13 PM ET: Denzel Boston: Listed Questionable (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston

Sutton projects lower, 8.9 to 10.4, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 60 for Sutton, 143 for Boston.

Start

Courtland Sutton

WR · DEN · vs KC

Market projects: 8.9; recent weeks avg
KC D vs WR: 23.7; 2nd fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 39 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 77%; Through Week 7
Target share: 17%; Through Week 7

Sit

Denzel Boston

WR · CLE · at PIT

Market projects: 10.4; recent weeks avg
PIT D vs WR: 30.2; 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 60 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 91%; Through Week 7
Target share: 20%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Denzel Boston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 82 (9.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.9 points and Denzel Boston at 10.4, a gap of 1.6. Courtland Sutton still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 60 against 143, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Courtland Sutton this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.4, 8.3 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.3, 10.6 and 10.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.3, 10.6 and 10.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Courtland Sutton yet. His market-based projections were 9.4, 8.3 and 8.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Denzel Boston 1.6 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Denzel Boston and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 30.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Courtland Sutton and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 122 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Denzel Boston played 91 percent of CLE snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 4 against PIT: 61 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 89 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 62 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 58 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 7 against TEN: 61 of 70 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Through Week 7, Courtland Sutton played 77 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Courtland Sutton, Week 6 against SEA: 46 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 7 against ARI: 43 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 45 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 82 (9.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Courtland Sutton?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 82 (9.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.

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