Tez Johnson or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tez Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 29.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tez Johnson at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 164th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The market has DeVonta Smith at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tez Johnson 5.8, 6.1 a game between them.

Tez Johnson finished WR67 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 69 more targets than Tez Johnson, 113 to 44.

DeVonta Smith had 686 more receiving yards than Tez Johnson, 1008 to 322.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 33 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable 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.