Michael Mayer or Kayshon Boutte: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

Kayshon Boutte's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Kayshon Boutte was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 3.2 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Kayshon Boutte WR51, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer 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

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Michael Mayer.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.