Start Denzel Boston or Terry McLaurin? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin in Week 8.

Terry McLaurin is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Denzel Boston. Drafters take Denzel Boston at ADP 143 and Terry McLaurin at 47.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 10.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 9.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Denzel Boston 0.5 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Terry McLaurin 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.

By points allowed to the position, Terry McLaurin has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 6, Terry McLaurin played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Terry McLaurin, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 27 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 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Denzel Boston.
• Start DK Metcalf over Denzel Boston.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Germie Bernard over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Jameson Williams over Terry McLaurin.