Should I start John Metchie or Chimere Dike in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on John Metchie: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 217th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chimere Dike: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 220th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for John Metchie is 0.7 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 Chimere Dike is 0.6 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's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 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 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he was not given the ball.

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.

Through Week 5, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 11 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 John Metchie 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 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chimere Dike was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chimere Dike scored 7.4 PPR points a game and John Metchie 4.5, 2.9 a game between them.

John Metchie finished WR87 that year and Chimere Dike WR50.

Chimere Dike had 26 more targets than John Metchie, 74 to 48.

Chimere Dike had 149 more receiving yards than John Metchie, 423 to 274.

This season John Metchie holds the bigger snap share, 36 percent against 11 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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