Cam Skattebo or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 12 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

DK Metcalf was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 3.5 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo 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

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.2 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.