DeVonta Smith or Quentin Johnston: 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 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 29.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DeVonta Smith at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.4 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

DeVonta Smith had 28 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 113 to 85.

DeVonta Smith had 273 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 1008 to 735.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 80 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.