Start Jerry Jeudy or John Metchie III? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over John Metchie III in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.0 points and John Metchie III at 3.7, 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 Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.5, 3.9 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 3.5, 3.9 and 4.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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).

That puts Jerry Jeudy 0.3 points ahead of John Metchie III on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 30.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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.

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

Injury status

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

John Metchie III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 7 against TEN: 43 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Cody White over John Metchie III.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over John Metchie III.
• Start John Metchie III over Jauan Jennings.