Should I start CeeDee Lamb or John Metchie III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 15 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 4 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 9.9 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

CeeDee Lamb had 69 more targets than John Metchie III, 117 to 48.

CeeDee Lamb had 803 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 1077 to 274.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 46 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and John Metchie III in Week 5, 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.