Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Troy Franklin in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 1.2 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 Troy Franklin is 1.0 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 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, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Troy Franklin played 17 games and scored 177.1 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR31.

He caught 65 of 104 targets for 709 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 1.6 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 58 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 104 to 46.

Troy Franklin had 158 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 709 to 551.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 39 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Troy Franklin in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.