Should I start DK Metcalf or Jakobi Meyers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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 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.

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

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

Jakobi Meyers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 1.5 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 11 more targets than DK Metcalf, 110 to 99.

DK Metcalf had 15 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 850 to 835.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 80 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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