Chris Godwin Jr. or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Chris Godwin Jr.'s market-based projection is 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 82 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 6 of 7 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 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 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 2.6 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 62 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 113 to 51.

DeVonta Smith had 648 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 1008 to 360.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 82 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.