Should I start Jack Bech or Kayshon Boutte in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jack Bech, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jack Bech is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. 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 Kayshon Boutte is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jack Bech's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jack Bech has been on the field for 37 percent of LV snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against NO he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jack Bech played 16 games and scored 42.4 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing WR119.

He caught 20 of 29 targets for 224 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 1.8 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 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.

Jack Bech was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Jack Bech 2.7, 6.2 a game between them.

Jack Bech finished WR119 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Kayshon Boutte had 17 more targets than Jack Bech, 46 to 29.

Kayshon Boutte had 327 more receiving yards than Jack Bech, 551 to 224.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 37 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Jack Bech is off in Week 13 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.