DeVonta Smith or Matthew Stafford: 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 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 35th 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 Matthew Stafford at 20.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 214 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, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 169 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 9.2 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Matthew Stafford QB3, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Matthew Stafford 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 Matthew Stafford in Week 11, 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.