Should I start DK Metcalf or Josh Jacobs in Week 7?

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Josh Jacobs's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 yards and did not score.

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.

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 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 3.3 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Josh Jacobs RB13, which are two different ladders.

DK Metcalf is a wide receiver and Josh Jacobs a running back, 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 Josh Jacobs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.