DeVonta Smith or Parker Washington: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Parker Washington at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 56th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 18; 2QB: ADP 88.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 95 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 2 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Parker Washington has been on the field for 61 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 6 targets have averaged 17.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 0.3 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

DeVonta Smith had 18 more targets than Parker Washington, 113 to 95.

DeVonta Smith had 161 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1008 to 847.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 61 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.