Start Stefon Diggs or Denzel Boston? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston
- Market projects
- 10.8
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs WR
- 26.8
- 5th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 60%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 8
- 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 Stefon Diggs 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), Stefon Diggs 76 (8.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 10.8 points and Denzel Boston at 10.3, a gap of 0.6. 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 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (10.7 and 11.0); 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. Drafters take Stefon Diggs at ADP 99 and Denzel Boston at 143.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 11.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 10.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).
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).
That puts Stefon Diggs 0.6 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Stefon Diggs and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 106 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston 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 9
Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs played 60 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Stefon Diggs, Week 8 against PHI: 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.
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.
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 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 Stefon Diggs 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), Stefon Diggs 76 (8.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Stefon Diggs?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Stefon Diggs 76 (8.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Stefon Diggs playing Week 9?
- Is Denzel Boston playing Week 9?
- Commanders depth chart
- Browns depth chart
- Week 9 WR rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings