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Should I start Saquon Barkley or DeVonta Smith in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:56 AM ET.

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  • : DeVonta Smith: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Saquon Barkley: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start DeVonta Smith: 84 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Saquon Barkley's 36 percent of the snaps and 42 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 DeVonta Smith for Saquon Barkley?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Saquon Barkley projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). DeVonta Smith is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Saquon Barkley

RB · PHI · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 1-6

Market-based projection
11.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
229

DeVonta Smith

WR · PHI · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-2

Overall rank
230

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Their Week 10 outlook

The gap

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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 Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 229th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 37 percent of PHI snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 6 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYG he carried 13 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 86 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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

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.

Side by side

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 2.6 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Saquon Barkley 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

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Saquon Barkley?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Saquon Barkley projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). DeVonta Smith is listed out.

  • Should I drop Saquon Barkley for DeVonta Smith?

    No. Keep Saquon Barkley: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). DeVonta Smith is listed out.

Both players in full

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