Should I start John Metchie III or Brycen Tremayne in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brycen Tremayne, and the board ranks him 214th 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 13 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 Brycen Tremayne 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 through Week 6

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 6, Brycen Tremayne has been on the field for 49 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 2 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he was not given the ball.

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 Brycen Tremayne played 16 games and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.1 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Brycen Tremayne 1.9, 2.6 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Brycen Tremayne WR136.

John Metchie III had 30 more targets than Brycen Tremayne, 48 to 18.

John Metchie III had 114 more receiving yards than Brycen Tremayne, 274 to 160.

This season Brycen Tremayne holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 35 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.