Should I start DeVonta Smith or Roman Wilson in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Roman Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

The market-based projection for Roman Wilson is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

DeVonta Smith's projection 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 5, Roman Wilson has been on the field for 48 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 60 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 6 targets for 74 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Roman Wilson played 13 games and scored 38.6 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR122.

He caught 12 of 21 targets for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Roman Wilson 3.0, 8.9 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Roman Wilson WR122.

DeVonta Smith had 92 more targets than Roman Wilson, 113 to 21.

DeVonta Smith had 842 more receiving yards than Roman Wilson, 1008 to 166.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 48 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Roman Wilson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Roman Wilson is listed as out on the injury report.