Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or DK Metcalf in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 4.4 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.

DK Metcalf's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 60 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 8.0 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 72 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 99 to 27.

DK Metcalf had 611 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 850 to 239.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 60 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DK Metcalf has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.