Start Denzel Boston or Tre Tucker? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston in Week 1.

Tre Tucker is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points. Denzel Boston has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Tre Tucker at ADP 140 and Denzel Boston at 151. Market coverage on Tre Tucker is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Tre Tucker, with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Denzel Boston in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Tre Tucker and LV host MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 22.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 83 yards and a touchdown against MIA.

Denzel Boston and CLE visit JAX.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tre Tucker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Denzel Boston was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 1 carry for 4 yards, 6 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 17 of 2025 against NYG: 59 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 49 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 54 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 9.4 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Tre Tucker scored 4.7 PPR points and Denzel Boston scored 13.9.

The call was wrong: Denzel Boston outscored Tre Tucker by 9.2.

Tre Tucker finished 2.5 points above the 2.2 the props implied.

Tre Tucker, Week 1 against MIA: 48 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Tre Tucker finished as the week's WR74 in PPR scoring.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

Denzel Boston finished as the week's WR24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Tre Tucker over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Jalen Coker over Tre Tucker.
• Start Tre Tucker over Jalen McMillan.
• Start Denzel Boston over Jalen McMillan.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Keenan Allen.