Should I start Kayshon Boutte or John Metchie in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for John Metchie 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 John Metchie played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and John Metchie 4.5, 4.4 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and John Metchie WR87.

John Metchie had 2 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 48 to 46.

Kayshon Boutte had 277 more receiving yards than John Metchie, 551 to 274.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 36 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and John Metchie in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.