Start Denzel Boston or Emeka Egbuka? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 9:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Egbuka projects lower, 7.9 to 9.7, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 36 for Egbuka, 143 for Boston.

Start

Emeka Egbuka

WR · TB · at CAR

Market projects: 7.9; recent weeks avg
CAR D vs WR: 28.4; 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 85%; Through Week 6
Target share: 26%; Through Week 6

Sit

Denzel Boston

WR · CLE · at TEN

Market projects: 9.7; recent weeks avg
TEN D vs WR: 35.9; 11th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 92%; Through Week 6
Target share: 20%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Emeka Egbuka for Denzel Boston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emeka Egbuka over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Denzel Boston in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 7.9 points and Denzel Boston at 9.7, a gap of 1.8. Emeka Egbuka still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 36 against 143, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka this week yet, so his 7.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.9 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.2 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 9.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 8.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Denzel Boston 1.8 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Emeka Egbuka and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 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.

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston played 92 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 3 against CAR: 62 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards.

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: 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 6 against PIT: 16 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Emeka Egbuka for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emeka Egbuka over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Emeka Egbuka?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emeka Egbuka over Denzel Boston.