Two players, one answer.
Devontez Walker vs John Metchie III
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
John Metchie III by 27% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, John Metchie III is projected 1.3 points ahead of Devontez Walker. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · CAR
John Metchie III
4.1 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 6.7, 4.4, 4
WR · BAL
Devontez Walker
2.8 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.9, 8.9, 0
What the call rests on
- John Metchie III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Devontez Walker: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | III | Walker |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| Half PPR | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Standard | 2.5 | 2.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.3 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- John Metchie III plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Devontez Walker's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.