DeVonta Smith or Tanner Hudson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tanner Hudson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 228th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DeVonta Smith at 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tanner Hudson at 1.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 203rd highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

DeVonta Smith's price 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 4, Tanner Hudson has been on the field for 25 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Tanner Hudson played 15 games and scored 47.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing TE55.

He caught 19 of 24 targets for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 79 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Tanner Hudson 3.2, 8.7 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 and Tanner Hudson TE55, which are two different ladders.

DeVonta Smith is a wide receiver and Tanner Hudson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tanner Hudson.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DeVonta Smith is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.