Isaac TeSlaa or Xavier Hutchinson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaac TeSlaa at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaac TeSlaa: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 68 percent of DET snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 5 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 1.3 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Xavier Hutchinson WR64.

Xavier Hutchinson had 30 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 57 to 27.

Xavier Hutchinson had 189 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 428 to 239.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 58 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 11 percent.

What would change the answer

2.0 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.