Should I start John Metchie or Darius Cooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for John Metchie is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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 Darius Cooper is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, John Metchie has been on the field for 35 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 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 52 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 71 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 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 Darius Cooper played 13 games and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 3.1 a game between them.

John Metchie had 37 more targets than Darius Cooper, 48 to 11.

John Metchie had 182 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 274 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 35 percent.

This season John Metchie holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie is off in Week 5 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.