DeVonta Smith or Jared Goff: 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 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Goff: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Jared Goff at 21.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

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, Jared Goff has been on the field for 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 174 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 174 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 2 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he completed 25 of 32 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he completed 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

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 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 6.1 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Jared Goff QB9, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Jared Goff a quarterback, 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 Jared Goff in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.