Should I start Kenyon Sadiq or Kayshon Boutte in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kenyon Sadiq is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 41 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 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

Kenyon Sadiq 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.

Side by side

Kenyon Sadiq is a tight end and Kayshon Boutte a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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