Eli Raridon or Jonnu Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Eli Raridon at 3.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 190th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jonnu Smith at 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 192nd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Eli Raridon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 46 percent of NE snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jonnu Smith has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jonnu Smith played 17 games and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 5.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 32 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 5 percent each.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.