Should I start Treylon Burks or John Metchie III in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Treylon Burks is 1.3 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 50 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against SF he caught 4 of 6 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 81 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Treylon Burks played 8 games and scored 29.0 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR138.

He caught 10 of 22 targets for 130 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 0.9 a game between them.

Treylon Burks finished WR138 that year and John Metchie III WR87.

John Metchie III had 26 more targets than Treylon Burks, 48 to 22.

John Metchie III had 144 more receiving yards than Treylon Burks, 274 to 130.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 46 percent.

This season Treylon Burks holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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