Should I start Jerry Jeudy or John Metchie III in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jerry Jeudy's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.6 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.

John Metchie III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, John Metchie III has been on the field for 35 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 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 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 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.

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 III 4.5, 2.6 a game between them.

Jerry Jeudy finished WR52 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

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

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

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 35 percent.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

John Metchie III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.