DeVonta Smith or Rachaad White: 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 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th 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 3 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 Rachaad White at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 through Week 3

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 3, Rachaad White has been on the field for 46 percent of WAS snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 3.5 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Rachaad White a running back, 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 Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Rachaad White is listed as questionable on the injury report.