Daniel Bellinger or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Bellinger: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Daniel Bellinger at 1.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has DeVonta Smith at 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Daniel Bellinger's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Daniel Bellinger played 16 games and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 48 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 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Daniel Bellinger 3.7, 8.1 a game between them.

Daniel Bellinger finished TE46 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Daniel Bellinger.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.