Start Jerry Jeudy or Denzel Boston? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Denzel Boston in Week 1.

Jerry Jeudy is priced by the books at 1.1 projected points. Denzel Boston has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Jerry Jeudy at ADP 138 and Denzel Boston at 151. Market coverage on Jerry Jeudy is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 1.1 fantasy points for Jerry Jeudy, with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Denzel Boston in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

Denzel Boston and CLE visit JAX.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

Injury status

Jerry Jeudy was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Denzel Boston was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 1 carry for 5 yards, 6 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 49 of 52 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards, 10.4 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Jerry Jeudy scored 4.6 PPR points and Denzel Boston scored 13.9.

The call was wrong: Denzel Boston outscored Jerry Jeudy by 9.3.

Jerry Jeudy finished 3.5 points above the 1.1 the props implied.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 1 against JAX: 32 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 4.6 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy finished as the week's WR76 in PPR scoring.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

Denzel Boston finished as the week's WR24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Jerry Jeudy over Chimere Dike.
• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jalen Coker over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Denzel Boston over Jalen McMillan.
• Start Denzel Boston over Keenan Allen.
• Start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston.