Start Isaac TeSlaa or Kayshon Boutte? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs WR
- 25.4
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 57%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 4.6
- recent weeks avg
- LAC D vs WR
- 30.3
- 16th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Kayshon Boutte?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Isaac TeSlaa 47 (5.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Isaac TeSlaa at 5.0 points and Kayshon Boutte at 4.6, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaac TeSlaa this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.5 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte this week yet, so his 4.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (5.8 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaac TeSlaa yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Isaac TeSlaa 0.5 points ahead of Kayshon Boutte on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Isaac TeSlaa and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIA allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against MIA.
Kayshon Boutte and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
LAC allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against LAC.
By points allowed to the position, Kayshon Boutte has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Isaac TeSlaa is not on the injury report.
Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Isaac TeSlaa played 57 percent of DET snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 4 against CAR: 58 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 95 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 5 against ARI: 26 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 7 against GB: 33 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 8 against MIN: 26 of 72 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games for DET and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.
He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 184 air yards.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Kayshon Boutte?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kayshon Boutte projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Isaac TeSlaa 47 (5.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Kayshon Boutte for Isaac TeSlaa?
No. Keep Kayshon Boutte: he projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Isaac TeSlaa 47 (5.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte.
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