Should I start Dak Prescott or DK Metcalf in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 209 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 3 against BAL he completed 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 19 yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he completed 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

In Week 5 against TB he completed 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Dak Prescott was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 6.6 a game between them.

Dak Prescott finished QB6 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Dak Prescott is a quarterback 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

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

What would change the answer

6.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.