Two players, one answer.
Denzel Boston vs Rico Dowdle
This week
Toss-up · 10.5 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Denzel Boston by 54% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Denzel Boston is projected 1.7 points ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% 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
10.5 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11 a game this season · last 3: 13.6, 2.5, 5.7
RB · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
What the call rests on
- Denzel Boston: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 AM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 2:36 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 2:36 AM 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 | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.5 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| Standard | 7.8 | 7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.7 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.
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%.