Is Denzel Boston playing this week?
No injury designationDenzel Boston has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 5 game at the New York Jets.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:20 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. CLE's offense is expected to score only about 18 points, a tough scoring spot.
Why we say bench
- Projected 7.8 points, #40 among WRs this week, 0.7 points behind #36, the last one we'd start.
- CLE's offense is expected to score only about 18 points, a tough scoring spot.
- Averaging 5 targets a game.
- Played 89% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.1 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~18 pts
- Vegas line
- CLE underdogs by 2.5
- Game total
- 38.5
- PIT vs WRs
- 7% more points
- Last game snaps
- 89%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
22
Height
6'4"
Weight
212 lb
College
Washington
Experience
Rookie
Draft
2026 · Pick #39 (CLE)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 83.1?
His grade comes mainly from big plays that added a lot of expected points per target, even after facing tougher-than-average defenses. The sample is small, just 23 targets over 4 games, and his game grades fell from 90.3 in week 1 to 30.0 in week 4.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.751 expected points, 11th of 62 WRs, was the main lift.
- Week 2 vs TB: Watson's pass short middle to Boston went for a 55-yard touchdown (+5.2 expected points).
- Week 1 vs JAX: a 46-yard touchdown on a deep middle pass (+4.7 expected points).
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.664
Success rate
57%
WPA (sum)
0.43
Opponent adj.
0.087
Plays graded
23
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 4 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2.4 | 4.3 | +7.8 |
| 4 | 1.6 | 5.6 | +1.2 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.