DeVonta Smith or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for DeVonta Smith, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 93 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.0 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.

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

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 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 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 2.8 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 8 more targets than DeVonta Smith, 121 to 113.

DeVonta Smith had 5 more receiving yards than A.J. Brown, 1008 to 1003.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 44 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.