Should I start DK Metcalf or CeeDee Lamb in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, 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 17 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

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 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DK Metcalf was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

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

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

CeeDee Lamb had 18 more targets than DK Metcalf, 117 to 99.

CeeDee Lamb had 227 more receiving yards than DK Metcalf, 1077 to 850.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 77 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.