Josh Downs vs Tory Horton: The Full Breakdown
If you are choosing between Josh Downs and Tory Horton for your lineup, you are not alone. Josh Downs finished the 2025 season at 6.7 PPG for the Indianapolis Colts (16 games), and Tory Horton averaged 8.4 for the Seattle Seahawks (7 games).
That 1.7-point weekly advantage for Tory Horton is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Target volume is the story here. Josh Downs saw 88 targets in 2025, while Tory Horton drew 22. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Josh Downs, even in weeks where Tory Horton posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Josh Downs has his bye in Week 14, and Tory Horton rests in Week 11. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
