DK Metcalf or Bo Nix: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DK Metcalf at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Bo Nix at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

DK Metcalf's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and thrown 5.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 172 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against LAR he completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 4 against SF he completed 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Nix was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 6.1 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Bo Nix QB7, which are two different ladders.

DK Metcalf is a wide receiver and Bo Nix a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and Bo Nix in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DK Metcalf is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.