Should I start John Metchie III or George Pickens 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 George Pickens, and the board ranks him 55th 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 George Pickens is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

George Pickens'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, George Pickens has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 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 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 12.7 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 89 more targets than John Metchie III, 137 to 48.

George Pickens had 1155 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 1429 to 274.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 46 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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