Should I start Calvin Ridley or John Metchie III in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 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 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.

Calvin Ridley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

John Metchie III was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 2.3 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

John Metchie III had 12 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 48 to 36.

Calvin Ridley had 29 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 303 to 274.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 35 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and John Metchie III in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable on the injury report.