Start Xavier Hutchinson or Tory Horton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Xavier Hutchinson over Tory Horton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Xavier Hutchinson at 3.9 points and Tory Horton at 3.5, a gap of 0.4. 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 3.9 fantasy points for Xavier Hutchinson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Xavier Hutchinson at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Tory Horton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tory Horton at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Xavier Hutchinson 0.4 points ahead of Tory Horton on the market projections.

Injury status

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Tory Horton 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, Tory Horton played 24 percent of SEA snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 2 against ARI: 22 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 3 against WAS: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 48 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Cody White over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tory Horton.
• Start Tory Horton over Devontez Walker.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton.