Should I start DK Metcalf or DJ Moore in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 9:36 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start DK Metcalf over DJ Moore
- Market projects
- 11.9
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs WR
- 32.9
- 15th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 24%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 11.1
- recent weeks avg
- NYJ D vs WR
- 28.5
- 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 9
Start DK Metcalf: 93 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DJ Moore's 57 percent of the snaps and 21 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.
Should I drop DJ Moore for DK Metcalf?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DK Metcalf projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.9 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts DK Metcalf over DJ Moore.
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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.
WR29 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-7
- Overall rank
- 75
WR39 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-4
- Market-based projection
- 10.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 96
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The gap
- Board size306 draftable players
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 DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 3.1 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.
The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.4 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.
DK Metcalf's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.
In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.
Through Week 9, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 14 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 32 targets have averaged 15.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against MIN he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 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, 95 percent against 55 percent.
This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 18 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop DJ Moore for DK Metcalf?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DK Metcalf projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.9 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts DK Metcalf over DJ Moore.
Should I drop DK Metcalf for DJ Moore?
No. Keep DK Metcalf: he projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.9 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts DK Metcalf over DJ Moore.
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