DeVonta Smith or Jared Wayne: 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 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DeVonta Smith at 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jared Wayne at 1.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 208th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 3

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 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 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 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

DeVonta Smith was available for 16 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 7.9 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith had 111 more targets than Jared Wayne, 113 to 2.

DeVonta Smith had 988 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 1008 to 20.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 0 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jared Wayne.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.