Deebo Samuel Sr. or Geno Smith: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR55 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 133
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
QB27 · NYJ · bye 13
2025 vs pass yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 134
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 122.
What the sportsbooks price
The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The books have Geno Smith at 14.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 2
Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.
In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.
Through Week 2, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 74 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 74 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 1 against TEN he completed 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.
In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.
In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.
He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
Deebo Samuel Sr. is a wide receiver and Geno Smith a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
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