DeVonta Smith or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.6 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 Xavier Worthy is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 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, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 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 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 4.0 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

DeVonta Smith had 40 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 113 to 73.

DeVonta Smith had 476 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1008 to 532.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 80 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.