Two players, one answer.
John Metchie III vs Kyle Williams
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 4.9 to 4.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
John Metchie III by 16% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Kyle Williams by 18% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Kyle Williams is projected 0.8 points ahead of John Metchie III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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 · NE
Kyle Williams
4.9 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3.8 a game this season · last 3: 18.1, 2.2, 0
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
What the call rests on
- Kyle Williams: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:30 PM ET
- John Metchie III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 12:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Williams | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| Half PPR | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Standard | 3.5 | 2.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.8 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 Kyle Williams'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%.