Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or John Metchie III in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

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 86th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 60 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 4.5 PPR points a game.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

John Metchie III had 21 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 48 to 27.

John Metchie III had 35 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 274 to 239.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 46 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and John Metchie III in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.