Should I start Jack Bech or John Metchie III in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jack Bech, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jack Bech 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.

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jack Bech has been on the field for 36 percent of LV snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he was not given the ball.

Through Week 8, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against GB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jack Bech played 16 games and scored 42.4 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing WR119.

He caught 20 of 29 targets for 224 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 1.8 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Jack Bech 2.7, 1.8 a game between them.

Jack Bech finished WR119 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

John Metchie III had 19 more targets than Jack Bech, 48 to 29.

John Metchie III had 50 more receiving yards than Jack Bech, 274 to 224.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 36 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Jack Bech is off in Week 13 and John Metchie III in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.