Should I start Joshua Palmer or DeVonta Smith in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Joshua Palmer, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Joshua Palmer's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 149th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 37 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 23.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 86 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 7 of 14 targets for 75 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 7.5 a game between them.

Joshua Palmer finished WR105 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 76 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 113 to 37.

DeVonta Smith had 705 more receiving yards than Joshua Palmer, 1008 to 303.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 37 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Joshua Palmer.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.