Start Denzel Boston or Terry McLaurin? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 10.3 points and Terry McLaurin at 10.0, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Denzel Boston at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (17, 13 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 44.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 0.3 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on the market projections.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston played 92 percent of CLE snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 50 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin played 78 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Denzel Boston scored 13.6 PPR points and Terry McLaurin scored 12.2.

The call was right: Denzel Boston outscored Terry McLaurin by 1.4.

Denzel Boston finished 3.3 points above the 10.3 the market projected.

Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.6 PPR points.

Denzel Boston finished as the week's WR18 in PPR scoring.

Terry McLaurin finished 2.2 points above the 10.0 the market projected.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards, 12.2 PPR points.

Terry McLaurin finished as the week's WR20 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Christian Watson over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Christian Watson over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.