Two players, one answer.
Denzel Boston vs Ladd McConkey
This week
Toss-up · 11 to 10.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Denzel Boston by 24% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Denzel Boston by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Ladd McConkey is projected 0.5 points ahead of Denzel Boston. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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 · LAC
Ladd McConkey
11.0 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.6, 0, 2.7
WR · CLE
Denzel Boston
10.5 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11 a game this season · last 3: 13.6, 2.5, 5.7
- Ladd McConkey is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Ladd McConkey: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 PM ET
- Denzel Boston: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:37 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:37 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 | McConkey | Boston |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11 | 10.5 |
| Half PPR | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Standard | 7.4 | 7.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Ladd McConkey's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Denzel Boston is the start.
- A projection update of 0.5 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 standard scoring the call goes the other way: Denzel Boston 7.8, Ladd McConkey 7.4.
- Denzel Boston plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Ladd McConkey's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with 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%.