Start Kayshon Boutte or Roman Wilson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kayshon Boutte over Roman Wilson in Week 6.

Roman Wilson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Kayshon Boutte.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Kayshon Boutte, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kayshon Boutte is 29 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Roman Wilson yet. His market-based projections were 5.8, 4.2 and 9.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Kayshon Boutte 0.1 points ahead of Roman Wilson on these projections.

Injury status

Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.

Roman Wilson is listed as out with a finger 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, Roman Wilson played 48 percent of PIT snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Roman Wilson, Week 2 against NE: 55 of 70 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 28 yards.

Roman Wilson, Week 3 against CIN: 24 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards, 1 touchdown.

Roman Wilson, Week 4 against CLE: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 74 yards, 1 touchdown.

Roman Wilson, Week 5 against IND: 20 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Roman Wilson played 13 games for PIT and scored 38.6 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR122.

He caught 12 of 21 targets for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 100 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kayshon Boutte over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Kayshon Boutte over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kayshon Boutte over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Kalif Raymond over Roman Wilson.