Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Davante Adams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Davante Adams, and the board ranks him 258th 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 Davante Adams, 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 so far

Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 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 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 7.1 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Davante Adams had 68 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 114 to 46.

Davante Adams had 238 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 789 to 551.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 54 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Davante Adams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Davante Adams is listed as ir on the injury report.