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Zain Dhanani fantasy football takes on DK Metcalf
Every source-backed tweet insight STACKED has extracted from Zain Dhanani about DK Metcalf.
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All Zain Dhanani insights about DK Metcalf
PositiveNewsOct 29, 2026
Sam LaPorta is still a top-5 TE for me in a bad matchup DK Metcalf has a favorable matchup vs Cleveland @MattFtheOracle and I went through all 14 Week 8 games with our fantasy football start/sit calls Full show in the reply 👇 #FantasyFootballPositiveUsageOct 29, 2026
Wan'Dale Robinson (75% of routes from the slot): TPRR: .23 (36th) YPRR: 1.11 (97th) Bengals defense: YPRR vs slot WRs: 1.85 (4th most) YPRR vs outside WRs: 0.99 (fewest) DJ Turner shadowed DK Metcalf, Chris Bell, Emeka Egbuka, & Parker Washington anytime they were outside - he likely shadows Carnell TatePositiveInjuryOct 25, 2026
Steelers (at Saints, but in Paris): Pittman and Roman Wilson are both on IR Personnel on dropbacks: 11 at 68%, 21 at 18%, 12 at 12%, 13 at 3% RBs: Jaylen Warren: 58% opp share, 67% rush att share, 47% route share, 19% TPRR, 2.25 YPRR, 0% of i10 rush att, 44% of 2min RB snaps, 69% 3rd down snap share The feature back on the ground in this one and he looked like it, but Dowdle took more of the receiving work than I expected - still a solid high end RB2 most weeks Rico Dowdle: 42% opp share, 33%...PositiveInjuryOct 25, 2026
Steelers (at Saints): Pittman and Roman Wilson are both on IR Personnel on dropbacks: 11 at 68%, 21 at 18%, 12 at 12%, 13 at 3% RBs: Jaylen Warren: 58% opp share, 67% rush att share, 47% route share, 19% TPRR, 2.25 YPRR, 0% of i10 rush att, 44% of 2min RB snaps, 69% 3rd down snap share The feature back on the ground in this one and he looked like it, but Dowdle took more of the receiving work than I expected - still a solid high end RB2 most weeks Rico Dowdle: 42% opp share, 33% rush att shar...PositiveUsageOct 19, 2026
Steelers (at Buccaneers): Another 70%+ pass rate game (they were down) RBs: Jaylen Warren: 64% opp share, 57% route share, 100% of i10 rush att, 69% of 2min RB snaps, 93% 3rd down snap share At halftime it was nearly 50/50, but in the 2nd half Warren dominated the work - he's a mid-to-high end RB2 in a 65/35 split Also, the reporting on this from a week ago was spot on with the 65/35 split guess Rico Dowdle: 36% opp share, 20% route share, 0% of i10 rush att, 23% of 2min RB snaps, 7% 3rd down...PositiveNewsOct 8, 2026
DK Metcalf & Roman Wilson:PositiveUsageOct 8, 2026
Indianapolis YPRR allowed to WRs: Slot = 2.27 (2nd most) Out wide = 1.51 (11th fewest) DK Metcalf has run 82% of his routes out wide and Roman Wilson is the primary slot WR Roman Wilson is not a full time player right now so he’s more of a DFS or super deep league playPositiveUsageOct 2, 2026
Week 4 🧵 Steelers: RBs - Warren was the entire backfield again: Jaylen Warren: 92% opp share, 84% route share, 0% of i10 rush att, 100% of 2min RB snaps Travis Homer: 8% opp share, 0% route share, 100% of i10 (1 carry), 0% of 2min Warren is a bellcow if Rico Dowdle misses time - backend RB1 or highend RB2 Pittsburgh threw it 72% of the time while tied or trailing, which was 60 of their 64 plays WR/TEs (45 dropbacks): DK Metcalf: 98% route share, 20.5% TPRR, 2.61 YPRR, 15.9 aDOT, 11% slot He'...NegativeUsageSep 28, 2026
CIN at PIT (Steelers) Jaylen Warren - 91.3% opp share, 81.1% route share, 60% of 2-min RB snaps, 91.7% of RB third down work, 100% of RB pass-catching work If Dowdle is out, Warren is a bellcow and a high-end RB2 Lew Nichols - 4.3% opp share, 1 of 1 i10 rush att Happened to get an important touch at the end of the game but overall not interested WRs/TEs: DK Metcalf - 100% route share, 0.135 TPRR, 0.84 YPRR, 15.4 aDOT, 24.3% slot Low-end WR2 - eventually the big plays will hit - basically has...PositiveUsageSep 27, 2026
SEA at WAS (Commanders) RBs: Jacory Croskey-Merritt - 69% opp share, 48.6% route share, 1 of 1 i10 rush att, 35.7% of 2-min RB snaps Rachaad White - 31% opp share, 40% route share, 0 i10 att, 64.3% of 2-min RB snaps, 92.3% of RB third down work Seems like Week 2 was come back mode 2 min offense for White and that’s his role This was a super tough matchup inside - JCM will be usable in better matchups as a flex or bye week RB2 WRs/TEs: Terry McLaurin - 88.6% route share, 0.290 TPRR, 2.48 YPRR,...PositiveUsageSep 27, 2026
SEA at WAS (Seahawks) RBs: Emanuel Wilson - 34.6% opp share, 29.8% route share, 2 of 3 i10 rush att, 16.7% of 2-min RB snaps Split work with Holani after the Price fumble - Charbs is eligible to be back in Week 5, so idk if I’m that interested George Holani - 30.8% opp share, 31.9% route share, 1 of 3 i10 rush att, 66.7% of 2-min RB snaps, 100% of RB third down work Read above on Wilson Jadarian Price - 30.8% opp share, 23.4% route share, 0 i10 att, 16.7% of 2-min RB snaps Jadarian Price fumb...PositiveNewsSep 21, 2026
Receiver Score likes DK Metcalf ROS as a back-end WR2 This was a bad matchup, which I wrote about Some times it takes a min and there's only a handful of auto-start players that aren't roster or matchup dependent 😀PositiveNewsSep 19, 2026
Expecting Christian Gonzalez to shadow DK Metcalf with MPJ out Also do a ton of 2-High, which is designed to limit big down field plays (what DK, in theory, would be doing) Bad matchup for DK imo Freiermuth might be the biggest beneficiary if you need to stream a TEPositiveNewsSep 18, 2026
Bad matchup for DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr anyway, but feels like MPJ doesn't play this week if he does in fact not show up to practice todayPositiveNewsJul 27, 2026
Maybe this is crazy and maybe it is not but a thought exercise I just did bc we love comparisons JSN 2025 = DK Metcalf leaves, upgrade in OC, upgraded QB = breakout Egbuka 2026 = Mike Evans leaves, upgrade in OC (probably), upgraded to healthy Baker = ? I’ve barely taken Egbuka but am questioning myselfPositiveUsageJul 21, 2026
It may be a while before Germie Bernard is playing consistently If Roman Wilson is in and doing the deep crossing and vertical role described here, that helps DK Metcalf stay short and intermediate That could mean a better start for DK By mid to late season I still expect Germie to win this battle Germie allows Pittman to play more slot (good for Pittman), but probably sends DK deeper (bad for DK)