Should I start Kyle Pitts Sr. or DeVonta Smith in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market has Kyle Pitts Sr. at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

Kyle Pitts Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is a tight end and DeVonta Smith a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.