Should I start DeVonta Smith or Aaron Rodgers in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 28.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Rodgers's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

DeVonta Smith's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 86 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 7 of 14 targets for 75 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 252 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 252 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 4 against CLE he completed 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against IND he completed 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 6 against TB he completed 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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 Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 2.8 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Aaron Rodgers QB18, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, 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 Rodgers in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.