Should I start Xavier Hutchinson or Jack Bech in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jack Bech, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson is 1.2 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 Jack Bech 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 55 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 2 times for 12 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

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 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.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Jack Bech 2.7, 3.1 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Jack Bech WR119.

Xavier Hutchinson had 28 more targets than Jack Bech, 57 to 29.

Xavier Hutchinson had 204 more receiving yards than Jack Bech, 428 to 224.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 37 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 Jack Bech in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.