Start Jaylen Waddle or Denzel Boston? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jaylen Waddle over Denzel Boston in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Waddle at 11.7 points and Denzel Boston at 10.4, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jaylen Waddle this week yet, so his 11.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (12.4, 10.8 and 12.0); 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. Drafters take Jaylen Waddle at ADP 43 and Denzel Boston at 143.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jaylen Waddle yet. His market-based projections were 12.4, 10.8 and 12.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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.

That puts Jaylen Waddle 1.3 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jaylen Waddle 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.

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.

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

Injury status

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle played 66 percent of DEN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 4 against SF: 45 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 5 against LAC: 40 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 6 against SEA: 39 of 60 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 24 yards.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 7 against ARI: 34 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Waddle played 16 games for MIA and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 682 air yards.

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

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Carnell Tate.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over DK Metcalf.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Germie Bernard.