Kayshon Boutte or Darnell Mooney: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Kayshon Boutte in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.5 points and Kayshon Boutte at 5.8, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Kayshon Boutte, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 24 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (14, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Mooney is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kayshon Boutte 1.3 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kayshon Boutte and HOU visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

JAX allowed 36.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 204 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Injury status

Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a neck injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kayshon Boutte played 61 percent of HOU snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 2 against CIN: 58 of 80 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 3 against IND: 37 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 5 against TEN: 39 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Through Week 5, Darnell Mooney played 59 percent of NYG snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 2 against LAR: 42 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 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, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Darnell Mooney scored 2.0 PPR points and Kayshon Boutte scored 3.6.

The call was wrong: Kayshon Boutte outscored Darnell Mooney by 1.6.

Darnell Mooney finished 2.5 points below the 4.5 the market projected.

Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 28 of 77 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.0 PPR points.

Darnell Mooney finished as the week's WR91 in PPR scoring.

Kayshon Boutte finished 2.2 points below the 5.8 the market projected.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 6 against JAX: 26 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Kayshon Boutte finished as the week's WR76 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kayshon Boutte over Bo Melton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kayshon Boutte.
• Start Kayshon Boutte over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Bo Melton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.