Should I start Xavier Hutchinson or Chimere Dike in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 160th 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 Chimere Dike 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 5, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 11 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 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 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 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 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chimere Dike scored 7.4 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 1.7 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Chimere Dike WR50.

Chimere Dike had 17 more targets than Xavier Hutchinson, 74 to 57.

Xavier Hutchinson had 5 more receiving yards than Chimere Dike, 428 to 423.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 11 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Hutchinson is off in Week 8 and Chimere Dike in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.