Should I start Jordan Love or John Metchie III in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Jordan Love's market-based projection is 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

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 97th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 286 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 52 of 286 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against CHI he completed 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he completed 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.

In Week 7 against DET he completed 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 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.

John Metchie III was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 11.6 a game between them.

Jordan Love finished QB15 and John Metchie III WR87, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Love is a quarterback and John Metchie III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Love 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

13.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.