Should I start DK Metcalf or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 158 players with a market-based projection.

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 158 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 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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 6, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DK Metcalf was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 0.3 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

DK Metcalf is a wide receiver and Rhamondre Stevenson 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 Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.