Should I start KeAndre Lambert-Smith or Jared Wayne in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on KeAndre Lambert-Smith, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Wayne, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for KeAndre Lambert-Smith is 0.5 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 Jared Wayne is 0.2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, KeAndre Lambert-Smith has been on the field for 50 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 5 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against HOU he caught 1 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 KeAndre Lambert-Smith played 10 games and scored 16.1 PPR points, 1.6 a game.

He caught 5 of 12 targets for 51 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 42 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

KeAndre Lambert-Smith was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jared Wayne scored 4.0 PPR points a game and KeAndre Lambert-Smith 1.6, 2.4 a game between them.

KeAndre Lambert-Smith had 10 more targets than Jared Wayne, 12 to 2.

KeAndre Lambert-Smith had 31 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 51 to 20.

This season KeAndre Lambert-Smith holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 0 percent.

This season KeAndre Lambert-Smith holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

KeAndre Lambert-Smith is off in Week 7 and Jared Wayne in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.