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Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Tory Horton in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

Start Kayshon Boutte: his market-based projection is 0.3 points a game ahead of Tory Horton's this season.

Should I drop Tory Horton for Kayshon Boutte?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 10 games), Tory Horton 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

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Market-based projection
3.6 pts a game

WR57 · SEA · bye unlisted

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Market-based projection
3.3 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.3 points a game
  • Board size315 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 the market projection.

The market-based projections

Kayshon Boutte's market-based projection is 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Tory Horton's market-based projection is 3.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tory Horton, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tory Horton has been on the field for 28 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SF he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 1 of 5 targets for 13 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 Tory Horton played 8 games and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 12.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kayshon Boutte was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Tory Horton 8.1, 0.7 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Tory Horton WR96.

Kayshon Boutte had 24 more targets than Tory Horton, 46 to 22.

Kayshon Boutte had 390 more receiving yards than Tory Horton, 551 to 161.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 28 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Tory Horton.

What would change the answer

0.3 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tory Horton for Kayshon Boutte?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 10 games), Tory Horton 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Kayshon Boutte for Tory Horton?

    No. Keep Kayshon Boutte: he projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 10 games), Tory Horton 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

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