Start Denzel Boston or Makai Lemon? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston
Wrong: 2.5 to 13.9
- Books imply
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs WR
- 26.1
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 2.5
- PPR pts
- JAX D vs WR
- 26.3
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 92%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 13.9
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston in Week 1.
Makai Lemon is priced by the books at 2.5 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 Makai Lemon at ADP 138 and Denzel Boston at 146. Market coverage on Makai Lemon is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.5 fantasy points for Makai Lemon, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Denzel Boston in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Makai Lemon and PHI host WAS on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
WAS allowed 26.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and a touchdown against WAS.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Makai Lemon was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Denzel Boston was not on the injury report when the call was made.
How Week 1 went
Makai Lemon scored 2.5 PPR points and Denzel Boston scored 13.9.
The call was wrong: Denzel Boston outscored Makai Lemon by 11.4.
Makai Lemon finished 0.0 points above the 2.5 the props implied.
Makai Lemon, Week 1 against WAS: 35 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 2.5 PPR points.
Makai Lemon finished as the week's WR91 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR48 · CLE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 130
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
WR60 · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 164
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board34
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 9
- Board size244 draftable players
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