Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 7:21 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kayshon Boutte's 35 percent of the snaps and 10 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.
Parlae may earn a commission from price links.
Your next move
More fantasy football tools and rankings, all built from the same board.
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.
WR62 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 122
WR65 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 126
Make this call for your own roster
Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.
Or get it by email
Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.
Free. One a week, one tap to stop.
The gap
- Board size310 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 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 1.5 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 has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 so far
Through Week 9, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 52 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 51 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.
In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 125 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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.
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.
He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 3.0 a game between them.
Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Michael Pittman Jr. WR18.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 65 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 111 to 46.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 233 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 784 to 551.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 52 percent.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 10 on the board
- Is Kayshon Boutte playing Week 10?
- Is Michael Pittman Jr. playing Week 10?
- Texans depth chart
- Steelers depth chart
- Week 10 WR rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
- Week 10 defense rankings
