Jonnu Smith or Jalen Tolbert: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 220th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Tolbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 221st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Jonnu Smith, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Jalen Tolbert, 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 4

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.

Through Week 4, Jalen Tolbert has been on the field for 16 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against MIN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jalen Tolbert played 13 games and scored 46.3 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR117.

He caught 18 of 34 targets for 203 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonnu Smith was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonnu Smith scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Jalen Tolbert 3.6, 1.5 a game between them.

Jonnu Smith finished TE35 and Jalen Tolbert WR117, which are two different ladders.

Jonnu Smith is a tight end and Jalen Tolbert a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.