Should I drop Daniel Jones for DeVonta Smith?

Not on these numbers alone. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games) and DeVonta Smith 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start Daniel Jones or DeVonta Smith in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 8:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Daniel Jones: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DeVonta Smith's 84 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Daniel Jones?

Not on these numbers alone. DeVonta Smith projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Daniel Jones 151 (15.1 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Daniel Jones

QB22 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 142

DeVonta Smith

WR50 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 2-2

Market-based projection: 12.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 144

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 13.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 239 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 239 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against WAS he completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he completed 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he completed 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

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 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29-30 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 6.2 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback 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

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Daniel Jones?
Not on these numbers alone. DeVonta Smith projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Daniel Jones 151 (15.1 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Daniel Jones for DeVonta Smith?
Not on these numbers alone. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games) and DeVonta Smith 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.