Should I start John Metchie III or Cody White in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Cody White at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

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 50th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Cody White, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Cody White has been on the field for 32 percent of LV snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Cody White played 10 games and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 30.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Cody White 1.8, 2.7 a game between them.

John Metchie III had 44 more targets than Cody White, 48 to 4.

John Metchie III had 184 more receiving yards than Cody White, 274 to 90.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 32 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Cody White.

What would change the answer

Cody White has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.