Start Michael Wilson. Wilson is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs 10.9 for Denzel Boston, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Michael Wilson WR · ARI | Denzel Boston WR · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.6 | 10.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.6 | 12.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (29.3 pts/g allowed) | 9th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR3 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Michael Wilson. Wilson projects for 11.4 PPR points vs DEN, against 10.9 for Denzel Boston vs TEN: a 0.5-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Michael Wilson is projected to score more: 11.4 PPR points to 10.9 for Denzel Boston.
The sources range from 9.6 to 12.6 for Wilson and from 10.1 to 12.0 for Boston. The ranges overlap, so Boston outscoring Wilson is a realistic result.
Denzel Boston is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Boston at 10.1 PPR points, against 9.6 for Michael Wilson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Michael Wilson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Wilson at 12.6 PPR points, against 12.0 for Denzel Boston.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Michael Wilson plays DEN and Denzel Boston plays TEN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Wilson faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Boston faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs, so Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Michael Wilson has drawn 24% of his team's targets, and Denzel Boston 21% of his team's targets.
Michael Wilson has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Michael Wilson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Michael Wilson nor Denzel Boston has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
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). Michael Wilson is projected by 4 of them and Denzel Boston by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.