Should I start Xavier Hutchinson or Brycen Tremayne in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brycen Tremayne, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Brycen Tremayne has been on the field for 54 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 2 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brycen Tremayne played 16 games and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.1 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Brycen Tremayne 1.9, 3.9 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Brycen Tremayne WR136.

Xavier Hutchinson had 39 more targets than Brycen Tremayne, 57 to 18.

Xavier Hutchinson had 268 more receiving yards than Brycen Tremayne, 428 to 160.

Their snap share this season is the same, 54 percent each.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Hutchinson is off in Week 8 and Brycen Tremayne in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.