Should I start Xavier Hutchinson or Jauan Jennings in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson 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 Jauan Jennings 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.

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, 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.

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 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.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 5.8 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Jauan Jennings WR33.

Jauan Jennings had 33 more targets than Xavier Hutchinson, 90 to 57.

Jauan Jennings had 215 more receiving yards than Xavier Hutchinson, 643 to 428.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 55 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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