Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Javonte Williams: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 19.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxon Smith-Njigba: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 35 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 50 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 5 of 6 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 1 time for 16 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 102 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 13 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 12 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 6.0 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a wide receiver and Javonte Williams a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.