Should I start DeVonta Smith or Emanuel Wilson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start DeVonta Smith: 93 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Emanuel Wilson's 48 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Emanuel Wilson for DeVonta Smith?

Yes, on the rest of the season. DeVonta Smith projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Emanuel Wilson 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

DeVonta Smith

WR12 · PHI · bye 10

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Market-based projection: 12.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 21

Emanuel Wilson

RB8 · SEA · bye 11

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Market-based projection: 12.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 22

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The gap

Board size298 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for DeVonta Smith, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Emanuel Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 93 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.

Through Week 6, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 39 percent of SEA snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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 Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 6.3 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Emanuel Wilson RB49, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Emanuel Wilson a running back, 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 and Emanuel Wilson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Emanuel Wilson for DeVonta Smith?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DeVonta Smith projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Emanuel Wilson 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Emanuel Wilson?
No. Keep DeVonta Smith: he projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Emanuel Wilson 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games).