Should I start John Metchie III or Ashton Dulin in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Dulin, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ashton Dulin is 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

John Metchie III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, John Metchie III has been on the field for 35 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ashton Dulin has been on the field for 28 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 John Metchie III played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ashton Dulin played 12 games and scored 20.0 PPR points, 1.7 a game.

He caught 5 of 10 targets for 106 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 21.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Ashton Dulin 1.7, 2.8 a game between them.

John Metchie III had 38 more targets than Ashton Dulin, 48 to 10.

John Metchie III had 168 more receiving yards than Ashton Dulin, 274 to 106.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 28 percent.

This season Ashton Dulin holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5 and Ashton Dulin in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ashton Dulin is listed as questionable on the injury report.