Should I start Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Cole Kmet in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cole Kmet, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

Cole Kmet's market-based projection is 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 151 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 85 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 35 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 5 of 6 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 1 time for 16 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 102 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 12 of 16 targets for 134 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 16.3 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 and Cole Kmet TE36, which are two different ladders.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a wide receiver and Cole Kmet a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

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