DeVonta Smith or Jalen Coker: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Jalen Coker at 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 58th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 151.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 91 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.1 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.

Through Week 2, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 80 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 3.7 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

DeVonta Smith had 70 more targets than Jalen Coker, 113 to 43.

DeVonta Smith had 614 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1008 to 394.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 80 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 34 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jalen Coker is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.