Should I start DeVonta Smith or Dallas Goedert in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 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.

Through Week 7, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 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 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Dallas Goedert TE7, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Dallas Goedert a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

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.