Should I start Colston Loveland or DK Metcalf in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 11:56 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start DK Metcalf: 95 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Colston Loveland's 85 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE11 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 72
WR28 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 11.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 74
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.
Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Colston Loveland, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for DK Metcalf, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 23 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.
In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 12 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 37 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.
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.
In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.
He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.
That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 63 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.
Colston Loveland was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 2.2 a game between them.
Colston Loveland finished TE12 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.
Colston Loveland is a tight end 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
Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
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