Start Rome Odunze or Denzel Boston? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Rome Odunze at 9.8 points and Denzel Boston at 10.4, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Rome Odunze still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 54 against 143, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Rome Odunze this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (8.6, 10.4 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.3, 10.6 and 10.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.3, 10.6 and 10.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Rome Odunze yet. His market-based projections were 8.6, 10.4 and 10.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Rome Odunze is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 0.7 points ahead of Rome Odunze on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Denzel Boston and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 30.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Rome Odunze and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 92 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Denzel Boston played 91 percent of CLE snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 58 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 7 against TEN: 61 of 70 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Through Week 7, Rome Odunze played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 6 against ATL: 74 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 7 against NE: 65 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Germie Bernard.
• Start Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate.
• Start Rome Odunze over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Rome Odunze over Germie Bernard.