Eli Raridon or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Eli Raridon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 28.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Eli Raridon at 3.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 190th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has DeVonta Smith at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

DeVonta Smith's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 46 percent of NE snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 93 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.0 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.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Eli Raridon is a tight end and DeVonta Smith a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.