Should I start John Metchie III or Jauan Jennings 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 Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 172nd 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 Jauan Jennings is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

Jauan Jennings'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, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 70 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 34 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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 7.1 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Jauan Jennings WR33.

Jauan Jennings had 42 more targets than John Metchie III, 90 to 48.

Jauan Jennings had 369 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 643 to 274.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 46 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

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