Should I start DeMario Douglas or DeVonta Smith in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 110th 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 DeMario Douglas is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 6.2 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 67 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 113 to 46.

DeVonta Smith had 561 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 1008 to 447.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 55 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.