Start Denzel Boston. Boston is projected for 10.5 PPR points vs 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier, and faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Denzel Boston WR · CLE | Tyler Allgeier RB · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.5 | 8.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.4 | 6.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.7 (WR30) | 11.5 (RB25) |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (30.2 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 38% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR3 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Denzel Boston. Boston projects for 10.5 PPR points vs PIT, against 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier vs DAL: a 2.2-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.
Denzel Boston is projected to score more: 10.5 PPR points to 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
The sources range from 9.4 to 11.4 for Boston and from 6.3 to 11.5 for Allgeier. The ranges overlap, so Allgeier outscoring Boston is a realistic result.
Denzel Boston is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Boston at 9.4 PPR points, against 6.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyler Allgeier has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Allgeier at 11.5 PPR points, against 11.4 for Denzel Boston.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Denzel Boston plays PIT and Tyler Allgeier plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Boston faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs and Allgeier faces the 7th-softest defense against RBs, so Tyler Allgeier 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 Denzel Boston has drawn 22% of his team's targets, and Tyler Allgeier 38% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Denzel Boston.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Denzel Boston nor Tyler Allgeier has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). Denzel Boston is projected by 5 of them and Tyler Allgeier by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.