DeVonta Smith or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 29.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DeVonta Smith at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 166th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 33 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 8.5 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Elijah Higgins TE48, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Elijah Higgins a tight end, 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 Elijah Higgins.

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.