Should I start Parker Washington or DK Metcalf in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Parker Washington's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 0.9 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 4 more targets than Parker Washington, 99 to 95.

DK Metcalf had 3 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 850 to 847.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 77 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.