Start Denzel Boston or Stefon Diggs? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Denzel Boston over Stefon Diggs in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 11.3 points and Stefon Diggs at 11.1, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 11.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.3, 13.5 and 12.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 7.3, 13.5 and 12.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 11.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Stefon Diggs a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 0.3 points ahead of Stefon Diggs on these projections.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs played 59 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 1 against PHI: 44 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Stefon Diggs, Week 2 against DAL: 36 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Devaughn Vele.