Start Stefon Diggs or Denzel Boston? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 11.6 points and Denzel Boston at 10.4, a gap of 1.2. 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 11.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (12.5 and 10.7); 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. Drafters take Stefon Diggs at ADP 99 and Denzel Boston at 143.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 12.5 and 10.7 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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.

That puts Stefon Diggs 1.2 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Stefon Diggs and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Stefon Diggs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs played 60 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Stefon Diggs, Week 6 against SF: 41 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Carnell Tate over Stefon Diggs.
• Start DK Metcalf over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.
• Start DK Metcalf over Denzel Boston.