Should I start Brian Thomas Jr. or Kayshon Boutte in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Brian Thomas Jr.'s market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kayshon Boutte's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 52 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 19.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte played 14 games and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 16.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 1.1 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 45 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 91 to 46.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 156 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 707 to 551.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 52 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kayshon Boutte has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.