Should I start DK Metcalf or Ollie Gordon 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 59th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Ollie Gordon's market-based projection is 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 210 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 Ollie Gordon, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 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 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 9.3 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Ollie Gordon RB68, which are two different ladders.

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

What would change the answer

3.5 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.