Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Darnell Mooney in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Kayshon Boutte, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Darnell Mooney, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 59 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 7 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Mooney was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 3.4 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Darnell Mooney WR79.

Darnell Mooney had 26 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 72 to 46.

Kayshon Boutte had 108 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 551 to 443.

This season Darnell Mooney holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 58 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Darnell Mooney.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.