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Start Rome Odunze or Denzel Boston? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET.

Start Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston

Odunze projects lower, 10.0 to 10.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 54 for Odunze, 143 for Boston.

Start

Rome Odunze

WR · CHI · vs TB

Market projects
10.0
recent weeks avg
TB D vs WR
29.9
12th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
85%
Through Week 7
Target share
17%
Through Week 7
Sit

Denzel Boston

WR · CLE · at NO

Market projects
10.3
recent weeks avg
NO D vs WR
29.8
11th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
91%
Through Week 8
Target share
21%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Rome Odunze for Denzel Boston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Rome Odunze 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Rome Odunze at 10.0 points and Denzel Boston at 10.3, a gap of 0.3. 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 10.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.4, 10.3 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.6, 10.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 10.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Rome Odunze yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 10.3 and 9.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Denzel Boston 0.3 points ahead of Rome Odunze on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Denzel Boston and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.

Rome Odunze and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

By points allowed to the position, Rome Odunze 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 9

Through Week 8, Denzel Boston played 91 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Denzel Boston, Week 8 against PIT: 11 targets and 6 catches for 37 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 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Rome Odunze for Denzel Boston?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Rome Odunze 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Denzel Boston for Rome Odunze?

    No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Rome Odunze 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston.

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