Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Makai Lemon in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 3:46 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Makai Lemon over Kayshon Boutte
- Market projects
- 6.4
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 72%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 5.4
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs WR
- 31.1
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 6
Start Makai Lemon: 79 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kayshon Boutte's 54 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Kayshon Boutte for Makai Lemon?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Kayshon Boutte 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kayshon Boutte. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR66 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Market-based projection
- 4.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 159
WR68 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 5.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 164
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The gap
- Board size299 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 164th 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 Makai Lemon is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.
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, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 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.
Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 58 percent.
This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Makai Lemon is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kayshon Boutte for Makai Lemon?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Kayshon Boutte 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kayshon Boutte. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.
Should I drop Makai Lemon for Kayshon Boutte?
No. Keep Makai Lemon: he projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Kayshon Boutte 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kayshon Boutte. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.
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