Start Malik Nabers or Denzel Boston? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Malik Nabers over Denzel Boston in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Malik Nabers at 13.1 points and Denzel Boston at 10.5, a gap of 2.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Denzel Boston at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Malik Nabers at 55.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10 and 14 market sources).

That puts Malik Nabers 2.7 points ahead of Denzel Boston on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

WAS allowed 40.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston played 92 percent of CLE snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 50 percent of the air yards and had 11 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.

Denzel Boston, Week 3 against CAR: 62 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 4 against PIT: 61 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 89 yards.

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers played 70 percent of NYG snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 2 against LAR: 43 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 3 against TEN: 50 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 4 against ARI: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 112 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.

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

Their other Week 5 calls

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• Start Christian Watson over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Christian Watson over Malik Nabers.
• Start Davante Adams over Malik Nabers.