Kayshon Boutte or Rashid Shaheed: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 133rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Rashid Shaheed at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashid Shaheed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 56 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 2 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 20 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 Rashid Shaheed played 18 games and scored 156.6 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing WR39.

He caught 59 of 92 targets for 687 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 0.2 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Rashid Shaheed had 46 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 92 to 46.

Rashid Shaheed had 136 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 687 to 551.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 56 percent.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.3 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.