Start Denzel Boston or Terry McLaurin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 11.3 points and Terry McLaurin at 9.5, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Terry McLaurin this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.9, 11.1 and 9.5); 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 (11, 9 and 10 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 7.9, 11.1 and 9.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Terry McLaurin a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 1.8 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on these projections.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

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 5, Terry McLaurin played 73 percent of WAS snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 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.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.