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Start Jakobi Meyers or Denzel Boston? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 2:06 AM ET.

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Start Jakobi Meyers over Denzel Boston

Meyers projects lower, 8.9 to 10.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 91 for Meyers, 143 for Boston.

Start

Jakobi Meyers

WR · JAX · at BAL · Questionable

Market projects
8.9
fantasy pts
BAL D vs WR
35.8
7th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
80%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8
Sit

Denzel Boston

WR · CLE · at NO

Market projects
10.3
recent weeks avg
NO D vs WR
29.8
11th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
91%
Through Week 8
Target share
21%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Denzel Boston for Jakobi Meyers?

Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games) and Jakobi Meyers 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Denzel Boston. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over Denzel Boston in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 8.9 points and Denzel Boston at 10.3, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jakobi Meyers still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 91 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 8.9 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 40 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 1.3 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers 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 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.

Jakobi Meyers and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Denzel Boston played 91 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: 11 targets and 6 catches for 37 yards.

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 8 against IND: 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Denzel Boston for Jakobi Meyers?

    Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games) and Jakobi Meyers 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Denzel Boston. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Denzel Boston?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jakobi Meyers projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games) and Denzel Boston 84 (10.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Denzel Boston. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

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