Kayshon Boutte or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Kayshon Boutte's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Calvin Ridley's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 5, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kayshon Boutte was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 2.1 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Kayshon Boutte had 10 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 46 to 36.

Kayshon Boutte had 248 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 551 to 303.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 52 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.