Xavier Hutchinson or Kyle Williams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 165th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Williams at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 166th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 24 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 2.9 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Xavier Hutchinson had 36 more targets than Kyle Williams, 57 to 21.

Xavier Hutchinson had 219 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 428 to 209.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 24 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 6 percent.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.