Should I start Josh Downs or Kayshon Boutte in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 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

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 0.3 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Josh Downs had 42 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 88 to 46.

Josh Downs had 15 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 566 to 551.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 58 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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