Davante Adams or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 20th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 91 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.1 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

Davante Adams had 1 more targets than DeVonta Smith, 114 to 113.

DeVonta Smith had 219 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1008 to 789.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 59 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 34 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.