Start John Metchie III or Jauan Jennings? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start John Metchie III over Jauan Jennings in Week 8.

Market-based projections have John Metchie III at 3.7 points and Jauan Jennings at 3.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jauan Jennings this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (4.8 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for John Metchie III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jauan Jennings yet. His market-based projections were 4.9 and 2.1 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts John Metchie III 0.3 points ahead of Jauan Jennings on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

John Metchie III and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 35.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 157 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

Jauan Jennings and MIN visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 39.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Jauan Jennings has the softer matchup.

Injury status

John Metchie III is not on the injury report.

Jauan Jennings is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, John Metchie III played 46 percent of CAR snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.

Through Week 7, Jauan Jennings played 70 percent of MIN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jauan Jennings, Week 3 against TB: 47 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 4 against MIA: 74 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 5 against NO: 49 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 7 against IND: 33 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 34 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.

John Metchie III, Week 18 of 2025 against BUF: 4 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

John Metchie III, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 47 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards, 7.1 PPR points.

In 2025, Jauan Jennings played 15 games for SF and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 462 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Cody White over John Metchie III.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over John Metchie III.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over John Metchie III.
• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Jauan Jennings.