Should I start John Metchie III or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 168th 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 56th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Elic Ayomanor'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, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 2.8 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 41 more targets than John Metchie III, 89 to 48.

Elic Ayomanor had 241 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 515 to 274.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 46 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5 and Elic Ayomanor in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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