Should I start DK Metcalf or Rashee Rice in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Rashee Rice is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 so far

Through Week 8, 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 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DK Metcalf was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 6.3 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

DK Metcalf had 21 more targets than Rashee Rice, 99 to 78.

DK Metcalf had 279 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 850 to 571.

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 17 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.