Michael Penix Jr. or Kayshon Boutte: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 130th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 62 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 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 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 4.8 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Kayshon Boutte WR51, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback 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

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.3 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.