Should I start John Metchie III or Drake London in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake London, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

John Metchie III's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Drake London is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Drake London's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 3 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Drake London has been on the field for 88 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 56 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 118 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 7 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 John Metchie III played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 12.3 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Drake London WR19.

Drake London had 64 more targets than John Metchie III, 112 to 48.

Drake London had 645 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 919 to 274.

This season Drake London holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 46 percent.

This season Drake London holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5 and Drake London in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drake London is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Drake London has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.