Should I start Kalif Raymond or DK Metcalf in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 8.0 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 69 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 99 to 30.

DK Metcalf had 561 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 850 to 289.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 61 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, 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.