Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Tim Patrick in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 0.8 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-based projection for Tim Patrick is 0.3 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.

Kayshon Boutte's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

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 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 5.6 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Tim Patrick WR107.

Kayshon Boutte had 22 more targets than Tim Patrick, 46 to 24.

Kayshon Boutte had 364 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 551 to 187.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 54 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Tim Patrick in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tim Patrick is listed as out on the injury report.