Start Xavier Hutchinson or Skyy Moore? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Xavier Hutchinson over Skyy Moore in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Xavier Hutchinson at 4.3 points and Skyy Moore at 3.8, a gap of 0.5. 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 4.3 fantasy points for Xavier Hutchinson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Xavier Hutchinson at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (8, 6 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Skyy Moore, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Skyy Moore at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (5, 3 and 13 market sources).

That puts Xavier Hutchinson 0.5 points ahead of Skyy Moore on the market projections.

Injury status

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Skyy Moore is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 1 against BUF: 44 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Skyy Moore played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Skyy Moore, Week 1 against MIN: 4 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 2 against NYJ: 21 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 3 against ATL: 34 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 4 against TB: 23 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for -2 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, Skyy Moore played 17 games for SF and scored 14.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game.

He caught 5 of 7 targets for 87 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 58 air yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Skyy Moore.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Skyy Moore.
• Start Skyy Moore over Marvin Mims Jr..