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Trade DK Metcalf for Josh Downs? Close to even, 30 to 37.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value DK Metcalf is 30 and Josh Downs is 37, a 7 point edge to Downs that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Metcalf rates 11.8 market points a game with 11 games left, Downs 12.5 with 11. On usage, Metcalf has drawn 23 percent of PIT targets; Downs has drawn 23 percent of IND targets. Metcalf is at TB in Week 6 (5th fewest points allowed to WRs); Downs hosts TEN in Week 6 (14th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Close to even.

DK Metcalf 3037 Josh Downs

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DK Metcalf

WR23PIT

30

value, #54

Pts/game
11.8
Games left
11
Bye
9
DK Metcalf weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
11.810.312.5

Josh Downs

WR18IND

37

value, #42

Pts/game
12.5
Games left
11
Bye
13
Josh Downs weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
11.414.212.5

Where the values come from

Metcalf is the 23rd receiver on the chart and 54th overall. His 11.8 a game is 2.7 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 9, which is how he comes to 30.

Downs is the 18th receiver on the chart and 42nd overall. His 12.5 a game is 3.4 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 37.

The weekly market prices

The market priced DK Metcalf at 11.8 in Week 3, 10.3 in Week 4 and 12.5 in Week 5, a median of 11.8 points a game, up 0.7 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Josh Downs at 11.4 in Week 3, 14.2 in Week 4 and 12.5 in Week 5, a median of 12.5 points a game, up 1.1 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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Points so far against the price

DK Metcalf has scored 48.6 PPR points in 5 games, 9.7 a game, 2.1 a game less than the 11.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR26 with 187.2 PPR points in 15 games, 12.5 a game.

Week 1 vs ATL: 8.0 points (WR50 that week), 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards, 96 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs NE: 6.7 points (WR58 that week), 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards, 97 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs CIN: 12.1 points (WR35 that week), 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 95 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs CLE: 16.5 points (WR16 that week), 5 of 9 targets for 115 yards, 97 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs IND: 5.3 points (WR56 that week), 11 rushing yards on 1 carry, 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards.

Josh Downs has scored 44.9 PPR points in 5 games, 9.0 a game, 3.5 a game less than the 12.5 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR44 with 136.4 PPR points in 16 games, 8.5 a game.

Week 1 vs BAL: 5.7 points (WR65 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 37 yards, 89 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs KC: 14.2 points (WR20 that week), 7 of 9 targets for 72 yards, 83 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs HOU: 12.7 points (WR30 that week), 5 of 11 targets for 77 yards, 68 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs WAS: 4.6 points (WR77 that week), 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards, 77 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs PIT: 7.7 points (WR40 that week), 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, DK Metcalf has averaged 8.3 targets and 4.0 catches for 53 yards a game on 96 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 1 time inside the 20, 4 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against CLE he had 9 targets on 97 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Josh Downs has averaged 7.0 targets and 4.3 catches for 51 yards a game on 79 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 4 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has not scored in 4 games.

In Week 4 against WAS he had 4 targets on 77 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. DK Metcalf has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 9; Josh Downs has 11 games with his bye in Week 13.

TB, Metcalf's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 25.6 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 5th fewest to WRs of 32.

TEN, Downs's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 34.1 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 14th most to WRs of 32.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade DK Metcalf for Josh Downs?

    It is close to even: DK Metcalf is 30 and Josh Downs is 37 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, DK Metcalf or Josh Downs?

    Josh Downs, 37 to 30. He rates 12.5 market points a game over 11 games left, against 11.8 over 11 for DK Metcalf, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

  • How are these trade values calculated?

    Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

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