Start Denzel Boston or Rashee Rice? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rashee Rice over Denzel Boston in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rashee Rice at 12.1 points and Denzel Boston at 11.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashee Rice this week yet, so his 12.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (11.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Rashee Rice yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 13.0 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 12.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Rashee Rice a 41% chance to score a touchdown (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 55 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 10 market sources).

That puts Rashee Rice 0.8 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.

Injury status

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Denzel Boston is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice played 64 percent of KC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashee Rice, Week 2 against IND: 63 of 80 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 3 against MIA: 40 of 52 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 4 against LV: 6 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Denzel Boston played 92 percent of CLE snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 62 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Rashee Rice over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Rashee Rice.
• Start Davante Adams over Rashee Rice.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Courtland Sutton.