Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or John Metchie III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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 50th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 8.3 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and John Metchie III WR87, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back 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

Rhamondre Stevenson 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

Rhamondre Stevenson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.