Isaiah Davis or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Davis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Isaiah Davis at 3.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Isaiah Davis has been on the field for 6 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 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

In 2025 Isaiah Davis played 16 games and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He carried 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 2.7 carries a game at 5.5 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

DeVonta Smith was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Davis 4.5, 7.4 a game between them.

Isaiah Davis finished RB59 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Davis is a running back 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 Isaiah Davis.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.