Start Jahan Dotson or Xavier Hutchinson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Xavier Hutchinson over Jahan Dotson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Xavier Hutchinson at 5.7 points and Jahan Dotson at 5.3, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (8.8, 4.6 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 8.8, 4.6 and 3.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Xavier Hutchinson a 13% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Jahan Dotson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 24 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Xavier Hutchinson 0.4 points ahead of Jahan Dotson on these projections.

Injury status

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 2 against CIN: 65 of 80 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Through Week 5, Jahan Dotson played 67 percent of ATL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahan Dotson, Week 2 against CAR: 52 of 69 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 3 against GB: 47 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 4 against NO: 36 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU 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 and 282 air yards.

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

In 2025, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Jahan Dotson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Cody White.