DeVonta Smith or Bo Melton: 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 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Melton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 242nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The player markets price Bo Melton at 0.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 221st highest figure of the 225 players the market prices.

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 4, Bo Melton has been on the field for 19 percent of GB snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 18.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Bo Melton played 16 games and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 31 percent catch rate and 26.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Bo Melton 1.5, 10.4 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Bo Melton WR146.

DeVonta Smith had 100 more targets than Bo Melton, 113 to 13.

DeVonta Smith had 901 more receiving yards than Bo Melton, 1008 to 107.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 19 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Bo Melton.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.