Elic Ayomanor or Geno Smith: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elic Ayomanor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 145 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 16.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 60 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 171 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 171 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 3 against DET he completed 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Elic Ayomanor 7.3, 5.4 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 and Geno Smith QB23, which are two different ladders.

Elic Ayomanor is a wide receiver and Geno Smith a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Geno Smith is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Elic Ayomanor.

What would change the answer

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