Should I start Theo Wease Jr. or DeVonta Smith in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 11:11 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start DeVonta Smith: 84 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Theo Wease Jr.'s 56 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. 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.
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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.
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- Overall rank
- 228
WR · PHI · on bye this week
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- Overall rank
- 230
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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 Theo Wease Jr., and the board ranks him 228th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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 Theo Wease Jr., 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 through Week 6
Through Week 6, Theo Wease Jr. has been on the field for 56 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
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 Theo Wease Jr. played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.
He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 32 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 14 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Theo Wease Jr. 8.6, 3.2 a game between them.
Theo Wease Jr. finished WR143 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.
DeVonta Smith had 103 more targets than Theo Wease Jr., 113 to 10.
DeVonta Smith had 869 more receiving yards than Theo Wease Jr., 1008 to 139.
This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 56 percent.
This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 7 percent.
Byes and availability
Theo Wease Jr. is off in Week 7 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Theo Wease Jr. is listed as out on the injury report.
DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.
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