DK Metcalf or DJ Moore: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 77th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price DJ Moore at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 72.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 19.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 5 of 8 targets for 100 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DJ Moore was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 2.5 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

DK Metcalf had 14 more targets than DJ Moore, 99 to 85.

DK Metcalf had 168 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 850 to 682.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 51 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.