Should I start Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 84 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 21 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 99 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ARI he caught 7 of 10 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Deebo Samuel Sr. 11.8, 9.4 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 that year and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 64 more targets than Deebo Samuel Sr., 163 to 99.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1066 more receiving yards than Deebo Samuel Sr., 1793 to 727.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 57 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.