Keaton Mitchell or Geno Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 7.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Geno Smith at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 46th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 136 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 136 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 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.

Geno Smith was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 8.5 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Geno Smith QB23, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back 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 Keaton Mitchell.

What would change the answer

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