Should I start CeeDee Lamb or DeVonta Smith in Week 7?

The market-based projections

CeeDee Lamb's market-based projection is 18.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

DeVonta Smith's market-based projection is 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

DeVonta Smith was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 2.5 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

CeeDee Lamb had 4 more targets than DeVonta Smith, 117 to 113.

CeeDee Lamb had 69 more receiving yards than DeVonta Smith, 1077 to 1008.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 79 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.