Jalen Hurts or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 8th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 74th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 1 against WAS he completed 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 48 yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Jalen Hurts was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 6.6 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Hurts is a quarterback 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

Jalen Hurts is off in Week 10 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.3 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.