DeVonta Smith or Germie Bernard: 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.

Our board does not carry Germie Bernard at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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.

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

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, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 38 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 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.

Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 38 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Germie Bernard.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.