Should I start John Metchie III or Darnell Mooney in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:26 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Darnell Mooney: 53 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against John Metchie III's 46 percent of the snaps and 11 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.
WR79 · CAR · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 3.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 188
WR · NYG · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Overall rank
- not on the board
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The gap
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Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Our board does not carry Darnell Mooney 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
The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Darnell Mooney, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.
His 7 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against GB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.
In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 7 targets for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, 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 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.
He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
John Metchie III was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Darnell Mooney scored 5.5 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 1.0 a game between them.
John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Darnell Mooney WR79.
Darnell Mooney had 24 more targets than John Metchie III, 72 to 48.
Darnell Mooney had 169 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 443 to 274.
This season Darnell Mooney holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 46 percent.
This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
John Metchie III is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Darnell Mooney.
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