Emanuel Wilson or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Emanuel Wilson at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 203 players the market prices.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 203 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emanuel Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 21 times for 92 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 9 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 6.9 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Emanuel Wilson is a running back 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

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Emanuel Wilson.

What would change the answer

1.6 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 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 market price when it does.