
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Metcalf was the WR10 last season through Week 17, which is the span I typically look at to eliminate any Week 18 rest/shenanigans. Tyler Lockett tore it up in Week 18, so when that’s included, Metcalf finished WR12 and Lockett finished WR13. They are going WR23 and WR46 in early drafts, respectively. In three full games with possible-2022-starter Geno Smith, Metcalf caught 14-of-18 targets for 197 yards and three touchdowns (11.95 yards per attempt), while Lockett caught 16-of-23 targets for 189 yards and no touchdowns (7.25 yards per attempt). Even though Smith targeted Lockett more frequently, Metcalf’s fantasy points per target were significantly higher than Lockett’s (2.48 vs. 1.17) and he actually scored a touchdown in each of the four games in which Smith appeared at quarterback. (Meanwhile, Russell Wilson averaged only 6.63 YPA when targeting Metcalf.) If Smith is named the starter, then I’ll be more bullish on Metcalf’s 2022 outlook since it seems the two have a solid rapport and Smith tends to look his way in the red zone.
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- 235 lbs
- 6' 4"
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Draft note
Metcalf was the WR10 last season through Week 17, which is the span I typically look at to eliminate any Week 18 rest/shenanigans. Tyler Lockett tore it up in Week 18, so when that’s included, Metcalf finished WR12 and Lockett finished WR13. They are going WR23 and WR46 in early drafts, respectively. In three full games with possible-2022-starter Geno Smith, Metcalf caught 14-of-18 targets for 197 yards and three touchdowns (11.95 yards per attempt), while Lockett caught 16-of-23 targets for 189 yards and no touchdowns (7.25 yards per attempt). Even though Smith targeted Lockett more frequently, Metcalf’s fantasy points per target were significantly higher than Lockett’s (2.48 vs. 1.17) and he actually scored a touchdown in each of the four games in which Smith appeared at quarterback. (Meanwhile, Russell Wilson averaged only 6.63 YPA when targeting Metcalf.) If Smith is named the starter, then I’ll be more bullish on Metcalf’s 2022 outlook since it seems the two have a solid rapport and Smith tends to look his way in the red zone.
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2022 Strength of Schedule - SEA
W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
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12 DEN | 17 @SF | 27 ATL | 13 @DET | 15 @NO | 23 ARI | 3 @LAC | 18 NYG | 23 @ARI | 24 @TB | BYE | 4 LV | 7 @LAR | 8 CAR | 17 SF | 25 @KC | 26 NYJ | 7 LAR |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
Week | Opp | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | PPR | Snaps | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | @IND | 4 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 50/54 | 92.6% |
2 | TEN | 6 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 8.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 51/54 | 94.4% |
3 | @MIN | 6 | 107 | 1 | 9 | 17.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.7 | 22.7 | 47/53 | 88.7% |
4 | @SF | 4 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 16.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 46/56 | 82.1% |
5 | LAR | 5 | 98 | 2 | 5 | 19.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.8 | 26.8 | 48/65 | 73.8% |
6 | @PIT | 6 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 9.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 49/65 | 75.4% |
7 | NO | 2 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 46/56 | 82.1% |
8 | JAX | 6 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 7.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.3 | 22.3 | 41/57 | 71.9% |
9 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10 | @GB | 3 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 45/61 | 73.8% |
11 | ARI | 4 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 45/49 | 91.8% |
12 | @WAS | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 44/47 | 93.6% |
13 | SF | 5 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 62/70 | 88.6% |
14 | @HOU | 4 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 10.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 45/61 | 73.8% |
15 | @LAR | 6 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 53/57 | 93.0% |
16 | CHI | 2 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 49/56 | 87.5% |
17 | DET | 6 | 63 | 3 | 9 | 10.50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 24.9 | 30.9 | 48/72 | 66.7% |
18 | @ARI | 5 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 11.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 51/58 | 87.9% |
Per game | 4.41 | 56.88 | 0.71 | 7.59 | 12.89 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 9.96 | 14.37 | 48.24/58.29 | 83.40% | |
Totals | 75 | 967 | 12 | 129 | 12.89 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 169.3 | 244.3 | 820/991 | 83.40% |