Should I start John Metchie or Tim Patrick in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for John Metchie is 0.7 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-based projection for Tim Patrick is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, John Metchie 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 6, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 14 third down targets and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 John Metchie 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 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 1.3 a game between them.

John Metchie finished WR87 that year and Tim Patrick WR107.

John Metchie had 24 more targets than Tim Patrick, 48 to 24.

John Metchie had 87 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 274 to 187.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 35 percent.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie is off in Week 5 and Tim Patrick in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.