DeVonta Smith or Foster Moreau: 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 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Foster Moreau: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th 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 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.

The market has Foster Moreau at 2.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end'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 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, Foster Moreau has been on the field for 41 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 1 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 Foster Moreau played 11 games and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Foster Moreau 1.2, 10.7 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Foster Moreau TE86, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Foster Moreau 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 Foster Moreau.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.