Jordan Addison or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 177th 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 Jordan Addison at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 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.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 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 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 2.2 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 34 more targets than Jordan Addison, 113 to 79.

DeVonta Smith had 398 more receiving yards than Jordan Addison, 1008 to 610.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 92 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Addison is listed as questionable on the injury report.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.