Denzel Boston vs. Dameon Pierce: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Denzel Boston. Dameon Pierce is on a bye, and Denzel Boston is projected for 10.5 PPR points vs PIT.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Denzel Boston vs. Dameon Pierce: Week 8 side by side

Denzel Boston
WR · CLE
Dameon Pierce
RB · PHI
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)10.5—
Floor (lowest source)9.4—
Ceiling (highest source)11.4—
StatChasers projection10.7 (WR30)—
Opponentvs PITBye
Opponent vs. position14th-toughest (30.2 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage22% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRRB
Our callSTART · WR3SIT · No projection

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Denzel Boston vs. Dameon Pierce Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Denzel Boston or Dameon Pierce in Week 8?

Start Denzel Boston. Dameon Pierce is on a bye, while Denzel Boston projects for 10.5 PPR points vs PIT.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Denzel Boston or Dameon Pierce?

Denzel Boston plays PIT and Dameon Pierce is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Denzel Boston vs. Dameon Pierce?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Denzel Boston and Dameon Pierce playing in Week 8?

Denzel Boston has no injury designation, and Dameon Pierce is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Denzel Boston and Dameon Pierce projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Denzel Boston is projected by 5 of them and Dameon Pierce by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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