Start John Metchie III or Jack Bech? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start John Metchie III over Jack Bech in Week 10.

Market-based projections have John Metchie III at 3.6 points and Jack Bech at 3.2, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for John Metchie III this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (3.3, 3.9 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jack Bech this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (3.2 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for John Metchie III yet. His market-based projections were 3.3, 3.9 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jack Bech yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 3.3 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts John Metchie III 0.4 points ahead of Jack Bech on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

John Metchie III and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 31.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 154 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.

Jack Bech and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, John Metchie III has the softer matchup.

Injury status

John Metchie III is not on the injury report.

Jack Bech is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, John Metchie III played 40 percent of CAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

John Metchie III, Week 7 against TB: 26 of 56 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

John Metchie III, Week 8 against GB: 33 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

John Metchie III, Week 9 against DEN: 19 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards.

Through Week 9, Jack Bech played 36 percent of LV snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Jack Bech, Week 2 against LAC: 34 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 25 yards.

Jack Bech, Week 3 against NO: 11 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jack Bech, Week 8 against NYJ: 25 of 63 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jack Bech, Week 9 against SF: 17 of 50 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, John Metchie III played 16 games for NYJ 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 and 134 air yards.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jack Bech played 16 games for LV and scored 42.4 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing WR119.

He caught 20 of 29 targets for 224 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 156 air yards.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over John Metchie III.
• Start John Metchie III over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over John Metchie III.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jack Bech.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Jack Bech.
• Start Jack Bech over Chimere Dike.