Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or DeVonta Smith in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 8:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start DeVonta Smith: 93 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rhamondre Stevenson's 64 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for DeVonta Smith?

Yes, on the rest of the season. DeVonta Smith projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Rhamondre Stevenson

RB7 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection: 13.2 pts a game

DeVonta Smith

WR12 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 2-2

Market-based projection: 12.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 21

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The gap

Board size298 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 93 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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.9 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back and DeVonta Smith a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for DeVonta Smith?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DeVonta Smith projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Rhamondre Stevenson?
No. Keep DeVonta Smith: he projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 a game over 10 games).