Chig Okonkwo or Kayshon Boutte: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 133rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 57 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 62 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 1.6 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 and Kayshon Boutte WR51, which are two different ladders.

Chig Okonkwo is a tight end and Kayshon Boutte a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Chig Okonkwo.

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.9 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.