Rome Odunze or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Rome Odunze at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has DK Metcalf at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rome Odunze's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 81 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 0.3 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 9 more targets than Rome Odunze, 99 to 90.

DK Metcalf had 189 more receiving yards than Rome Odunze, 850 to 661.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 81 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.