Start Courtland Sutton or Denzel Boston? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 10:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston
Sutton projects lower, 9.5 to 10.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 60 for Sutton, 143 for Boston.
- Market projects
- 9.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 10.3
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs WR
- 29.8
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Courtland Sutton 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), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 9.5 points and Denzel Boston at 10.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.6, 10.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 10.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).
Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 37 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 8 and 11 market sources).
That puts Denzel Boston 0.8 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Denzel Boston and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.
Courtland Sutton and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.
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 9
Through Week 8, Denzel Boston played 90 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Denzel Boston, Week 8 against PIT: 58 of 70 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 37 yards.
Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton played 77 percent of DEN snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Courtland Sutton, Week 8 against KC: 50 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 53 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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, 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 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Courtland Sutton?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.
Should I drop Courtland Sutton?
Week 9 on the board
- Is Courtland Sutton playing Week 9?
- Is Denzel Boston playing Week 9?
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