Should I start DK Metcalf or Jared Goff in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 11:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jared Goff: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DK Metcalf's 93 percent of the snaps and 25 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 DK Metcalf for Jared Goff?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jared Goff projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), DK Metcalf 104 (11.5 a game over 9 games).

Parlae may earn a commission from price links.

Your next move

More fantasy football tools and rankings, all built from the same board.

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.

DK Metcalf

WR29 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 13.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 58

Jared Goff

QB5 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Overall rank: 59

Make this call for your own roster

Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.

Sync my league

Sleeper ESPN Yahoo

Or get it by email

Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.

Free. One a week, one tap to stop.

The gap

Board size295 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 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 5.8 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.

The market-based projection for Jared Goff is 18.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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, 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 7, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 240 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 33 of 240 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against CAR he completed 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against ARI he completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

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 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jared Goff was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 5.5 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Jared Goff QB9, which are two different ladders.

DK Metcalf is a wide receiver and Jared Goff a quarterback, 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 and Jared Goff in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop DK Metcalf for Jared Goff?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jared Goff projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), DK Metcalf 104 (11.5 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jared Goff for DK Metcalf?
No. Keep Jared Goff: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), DK Metcalf 104 (11.5 a game over 9 games).