Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Davante Adams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxon Smith-Njigba: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 82 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 9 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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

Through Week 4, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 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 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.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Davante Adams 15.9, 5.2 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 49 more targets than Davante Adams, 163 to 114.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1004 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1793 to 789.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 76 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 37 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

5.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.