Should I start Ashton Jeanty or DK Metcalf in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Ashton Jeanty's market-based projection is 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 9 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 8 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he carried 6 times for 25 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 1.9 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and DK Metcalf a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.