Should I start John Metchie III or Jordan Watkins in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jordan Watkins: 63 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against John Metchie III's 46 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR79 · CAR · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 3.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 188
WR · SF · bye unlisted
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- Overall rank
- not on the board
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Our board does not carry Jordan Watkins at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Jordan Watkins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, John Metchie III has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.
His 7 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against GB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 52 percent of SF snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 9 targets have averaged 16.0 air yards.
In Week 5 against SEA he was not given the ball.
In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.
He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.
That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
John Metchie III was available for 12 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 3.3 a game between them.
John Metchie III had 45 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 48 to 3.
John Metchie III had 248 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 274 to 26.
This season Jordan Watkins holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 46 percent.
This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
John Metchie III is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Jordan Watkins.
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