Start Denzel Boston or Tee Higgins? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tee Higgins over Denzel Boston in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 12.9 points and Denzel Boston at 9.7, a gap of 3.2. No player market is posted for Tee Higgins this week yet, so his 12.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.3 and 11.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.2 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tee Higgins at ADP 37 and Denzel Boston at 143.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tee Higgins yet. His market-based projections were 14.3 and 11.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 9.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tee Higgins 3.2 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tee Higgins and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Tee Higgins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Tee Higgins played 77 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tee Higgins, Week 2 against HOU: 43 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 3 against PIT: 53 of 57 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tee Higgins, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 157 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 45 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston played 92 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 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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tee Higgins played 15 games for CIN and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 680 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Tee Higgins over Carnell Tate.
• Start Tee Higgins over Christian Watson.
• Start Tee Higgins over Davante Adams.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Christian Watson over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.