DK Metcalf or Keon Coleman: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keon Coleman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Keon Coleman at 10.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keon Coleman's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 4, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 6 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DK Metcalf was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Keon Coleman 7.9, 4.6 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Keon Coleman WR60.

DK Metcalf had 40 more targets than Keon Coleman, 99 to 59.

DK Metcalf had 446 more receiving yards than Keon Coleman, 850 to 404.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 63 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Keon Coleman.

What would change the answer

Keon Coleman is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.