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DK Metcalf

Pittsburgh Steelers#47 yrs expMississippi76 · 235 lb
83Form
86Established
High-end starter#39 of 144 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets1197.0 a game
Catches6857% caught
Yards94055 a game
TDs5
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 144 wide receivers

Elite after the catch, weak separation

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 82th percentileDepth: 61th percentileSeparation: 25th percentileAfter the catch: 95th percentileHands: 54th percentileEfficiency: 47th percentileVolume82ndDepth61stSeparation25thAfter the catch95thHands54thEfficiency47th
MetcalfPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeAbove avgshare of team targets
22.3%82nd pct
Depthavg depth of target
12.2 yd61st pct
SeparationBelow avgyards of separation at the catch
2.50 yd25th pct
After the catchEliteYAC over expected per catch
+2.0 yd95th pct
Handsdrop rate
4.2% drops54th pct
EfficiencyEPA per target
+0.1847th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

83: high-end starter

One number for how well Metcalf has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 86 (#27 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
60
Consistencyhow steady game to game
44
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
66
Trend, last 6 gamesCooling
Schedule facedAverage

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 6 · PIT at TB

Where Metcalf can hurt the Buccaneers

How he gets his production, set against how the Buccaneers have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

DK Metcalf · against TB

No obvious soft spot

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
55%
Intermediate
21%
Deep (20+)
24%
Left side
41%
Middle
19%
Right side
39%

How TB defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
17th
Intermediate
19th
Deep (20+)
12th
Left side
14th
Middle
17th
Right side
15th
Yards after catch allowed
30th
Sack rate forced
27th
The read
  1. Tampa Bay are mid-table or better at every depth over their last 17 games. Metcalf's likeliest route is deep balls (24% of his targets), where they rank 12th.
  2. Contested catches aren't his edge this week: he's 25th percentile for separation and 36th for hands, and Zyon McCollum allows fewer yards per target than the average corner (7.4).
  3. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

TB's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Jacob Parrish837.866%9.085
Zyon McCollum747.159%12.587
Benjamin Morrison518.663%10.496
Jamel Dean438.349%13.172

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–9 yds: 1 games010–19 yds: 1 games20–29 yds: 2 games2030–39 yds: 3 games40–49 yds: 3 games4050–59 yds: 3 games60–69 yds: 0 games6070–79 yds: 0 games80–89 yds: 0 games8090–99 yds: 1 games100–109 yds: 0 games100110–119 yds: 1 games120–129 yds: 1 games120130–139 yds: 0 games140–149 yds: 1 games140
10/17games with 40+ yds
4/17games with 60+ yds
4/17games with 80+ yds
3/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 7.0 targets25 wk 4: 525 wk 6: 925 wk 7: 525 wk 8: 725 wk 9: 425 wk 10: 725 wk 11: 825 wk 12: 825 wk 13: 525 wk 14: 1225 wk 15: 325 wk 16: 926 wk 1: 1026 wk 2: 926 wk 3: 526 wk 4: 926 wk 5: 425 wk 426 wk 5
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 5IND4312015-0.7
26 wk 4CLE951150155+5.6
26 wk 3CIN5331173+2.5
26 wk 2NE9427062-3.2
26 wk 1ATL104400204-5.4
25 wk 16DET94420105+0.2
25 wk 15MIA3355133+6.2
25 wk 14BAL1271480166+6.8
25 wk 13BUF5332024+4.9
25 wk 12CHI8522049-4.6
25 wk 11CIN8549088+0.6
25 wk 10LAC73350118-7.7
25 wk 9IND42607-2.2
25 wk 8GB7555169+3.6
25 wk 7CIN5350093+0.4
25 wk 6CLE94951151+4.5
25 wk 4MIN55126134+10.1