Start Kayshon Boutte or Calvin Ridley? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 2:46 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Calvin Ridley over Kayshon Boutte
Ridley projects lower, 3.3 to 3.4, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 168 for Ridley, 189 for Boutte.

- Market projects
- 3.3
- recent weeks avg
- JAX D vs WR
- 33.2
- 14th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 53%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 3.4
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs WR
- 29.3
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kayshon Boutte?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Kayshon Boutte. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Calvin Ridley over Kayshon Boutte in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Calvin Ridley at 3.3 points and Kayshon Boutte at 3.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Calvin Ridley still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 168 against 189, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 3.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (2.0 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte this week yet, so his 3.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (3.3 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte yet. His market-based projections were 3.3 and 3.5 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 3.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
No Week 10 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Kayshon Boutte 0.1 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Kayshon Boutte and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 12th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE.
Calvin Ridley and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 33.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.
By points allowed to the position, Calvin Ridley has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.
Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Kayshon Boutte played 52 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Kayshon Boutte, Week 5 against TEN: 39 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.
Kayshon Boutte, Week 6 against JAX: 26 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.
Kayshon Boutte, Week 7 against NYG: 19 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 25 yards.
Kayshon Boutte, Week 9 against LAC: 23 of 70 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 125 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley played 53 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
Calvin Ridley, Week 4 against BAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 5 against HOU: 35 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 8 against CIN: 40 of 77 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kayshon Boutte played 14 games for NE 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 and 513 air yards.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Calvin Ridley played 7 games for TEN and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.
He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 219 air yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kayshon Boutte?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Kayshon Boutte. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Kayshon Boutte for Calvin Ridley?
No. Keep Kayshon Boutte: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Kayshon Boutte.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Kayshon Boutte playing Week 10?
- Is Calvin Ridley playing Week 10?
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