Rashee Rice or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 68th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

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.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

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, 96 percent against 81 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.