Should I start Jauan Jennings or Kayshon Boutte in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 0.9 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 0.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Jauan Jennings was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 2.7 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings finished WR33 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Jauan Jennings had 44 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 90 to 46.

Jauan Jennings had 92 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 643 to 551.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 54 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Jauan Jennings is off in Week 6 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.