Two players, one answer.
Denzel Boston vs Jaylen Waddle
This week
Toss-up · 9.2 to 9 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Denzel Boston by 23% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Denzel Boston by 34% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Denzel Boston is projected 0.2 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · CLE
Denzel Boston
9.2 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 12.1, 2, 4.2
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
9.0 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
7.3 a game this season · last 3: 3.8, 4.4, 6.8
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Denzel Boston: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:00 PM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:00 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 12:07 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 12:07 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Boston | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| Half PPR | 9.2 | 9 |
| Standard | 7.8 | 6.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Denzel Boston is the start.
- A projection update of 0.2 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- In ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Jaylen Waddle 11.2, Denzel Boston 10.5.
- Denzel Boston plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.