Start Josh Downs or Denzel Boston? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Josh Downs over Denzel Boston in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Josh Downs at 11.4 points and Denzel Boston at 11.1, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Denzel Boston's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Josh Downs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Josh Downs at 50.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Denzel Boston at 48.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Josh Downs 0.3 points ahead of Denzel Boston on the books.

Injury status

Josh Downs is not on the injury report.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Josh Downs played 86 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston played 93 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 52 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Denzel Boston, Week 2 against TB: 54 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 1 carry for -5 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 61 yards, 9.6 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Josh Downs over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Josh Downs over DJ Moore.
• Start DK Metcalf over Josh Downs.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over George Kittle.