Kayshon Boutte or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

The market has Puka Nacua at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Puka Nacua's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 17 of 24 targets for 138 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Puka Nacua was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 14.6 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Puka Nacua WR1.

Puka Nacua had 120 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 166 to 46.

Puka Nacua had 1164 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 1715 to 551.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 61 percent.

This season Puka Nacua holds the bigger target share, 34 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.