Should I start Jerry Jeudy or John Metchie in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jerry Jeudy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 219th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on John Metchie: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 220th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

The market-based projection for John Metchie is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 58 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 John Metchie 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.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and John Metchie 4.5, 2.6 a game between them.

Jerry Jeudy finished WR52 that year and John Metchie WR87.

Jerry Jeudy had 58 more targets than John Metchie, 106 to 48.

Jerry Jeudy had 328 more receiving yards than John Metchie, 602 to 274.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 36 percent.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Jerry Jeudy is off in Week 11 and John Metchie in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.