Should I start DK Metcalf or John Metchie III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

John Metchie III's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based 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, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 3 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 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 John Metchie III played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 8.0 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

DK Metcalf had 51 more targets than John Metchie III, 99 to 48.

DK Metcalf had 576 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 850 to 274.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 46 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and John Metchie III in Week 5, 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.