Romeo Doubs or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Romeo Doubs is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 DeVonta Smith is 2.6 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.

Romeo Doubs's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 69 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 1.5 a game between them.

Romeo Doubs finished WR37 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 28 more targets than Romeo Doubs, 113 to 85.

DeVonta Smith had 284 more receiving yards than Romeo Doubs, 1008 to 724.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 69 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

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

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.