Should I start Mike Evans or DeVonta Smith in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Mike Evans, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 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 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 1.3 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 52 more targets than Mike Evans, 113 to 61.

DeVonta Smith had 640 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1008 to 368.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 55 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.