Travis Kelce or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Travis Kelce at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 66th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 152.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 79 percent of KC snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Travis Kelce was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Travis Kelce 11.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and DK Metcalf WR26, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce is a tight end and DK Metcalf a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.7 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.