Fourth & Inches

2026 regular · wk 4 · half ppr · 64 games lined

WR

DK Metcalf

PIT

WR40 · overall #95 · tier 8 · age 28

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Projected points

130

8.7/gm

Value over replacement

19

repl 119

Range

64–196

sd 66

Week

7.4

@ CLE

Why this ranking

hand-set 2026-09-03

To WR33 on 13 Aug, matching three independent drafter pools. RE-PRICED 3 Sep, 138.0 -> 129.6, because the board drifted out from under that claim and the claim was a RANK against those pools. He had reached WR25 against ADP 33, ECR 31, consensus 33 and Underdog 35 -- ABOVE all four, having been written to sit level with them. The number never moved; the board did, which is exactly the failure mode an absolute total written against a board that rebuilds four times a day is prone to. 129.6 over 14.0 games is 9.26/g, still a long way under his own 11.60 half-PPR/g, and under Sleeper's 152.3 -- so re-pricing toward the pools does not make this an aggressive cut, it restores the one that was intended. The band is dense here: eight ranks cost 8.4 points, against Xavier Worthy's eight ranks for 3.2 in the WR40s. That is why this one is worth re-pricing and his is not. Target column now states WR33 so the drift check watches it from here. BASIS CORRECTED 3 SEP. The comparison above originally quoted `obs_ppr_pg`, which is FULL PPR, against a projection the board computes in HALF PPR. Every such figure in this file has been replaced with the player's own half-PPR rate, measured from nflverse weekly data over his whole career. Receptions are the whole difference, so the error scaled with target volume and was largest for receivers.

This is a view, not a correction — the model said something different and was overruled. See how it works.

Projected usage

opportunity, before efficiency

Targets / game
6.0
Carries / game
0.0
Receptions / game
3.6
Rec yards / game
49
Rush yards / game
0
Rush TD / game
0.01
Rec TD / game
0.33
Total TD / game
0.34
Games projected
14.9
Observed pts/gm (history)
12.8
Games of history
63
Age multiplier
0.908
Usage carryover
0.90

Team context

what scales this projection

Neutral sec / play
33.5
Projected plays / game
61.4
Projected pass rate
57%
OL run block
-0.51
OL pass protection
+0.02
OL continuity
65%
2TE rate
45%
3WR rate
52%
1st-down pass rate
45%
Run friendly
-0.86
Scheme creativity
-0.29
Play action / motion
21% / 51%

Situation

ambiguity widens the projection range

Label
new head coach, committee
Ambiguity score
98
Effective contributors
3.82
Top player's share
42%
New play-caller
yes
Variance multiplier
2.55

Trade window

schedule-driven buy / sell timing

Action
hold
Window weeks
4-6
Window opponents
CLE,IND,TB
Window matchup
+0.09
Opponents after
NO,CLE
After matchup
+0.25
Flip edge
-0.16
Buy basis
recent form
Bye week
9
Playoff schedule (15-17)
+0.01

2025 game log

full season · Full PPR

Games

15

Points

187.2

Per game

12.48

17-gm pace

212

Best / worst

23.6 / 2.6

Pace extrapolates the selected weeks over 17 games. It is what that stretch was worth, not a projection — no availability, matchup or regression adjustment is applied.

WkPtsRankTgtRecRe YdsRe TDAttRu Yds
112.3WR287483000
211.0WR406320100
312.2WR324332100
423.6WR755126100
619.5WR109495100
78.0WR415350000
816.5WR127555100
92.6WR78426000
106.5WR477335000
119.9WR328549000
1214.4WR2285220212
136.2WR555332000
1421.8WR7127148000
1514.5WR223355100
168.2WR489442000