Should I start John Metchie III or Kevin Coleman Jr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kevin Coleman Jr., and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

The market has Kevin Coleman Jr. at 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 so far

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.

Through Week 5, Kevin Coleman Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against KC he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Kevin Coleman Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Kevin Coleman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 35 percent.

This season Kevin Coleman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

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