Should I start DeVonta Smith or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.4 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.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 2.4 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

DeVonta Smith had 11 more targets than Stefon Diggs, 113 to 102.

Stefon Diggs had 5 more receiving yards than DeVonta Smith, 1013 to 1008.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 60 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.