Should I start John Metchie III or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 3.4 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 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.

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and John Metchie III 4.5, 7.9 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Stefon Diggs had 54 more targets than John Metchie III, 102 to 48.

Stefon Diggs had 739 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 1013 to 274.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 46 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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