Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Kayshon Boutte in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.3 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 Kayshon Boutte 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 40 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 40 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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