DeVonta Smith or Aaron Jones Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 41st highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 51st highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 136.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 91 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 117 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 62 percent of MIN snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 2.0 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Aaron Jones Sr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.