Justin Jefferson or Jonnu Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jonnu Smith at 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 189th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jonnu Smith 5.0, 6.8 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 and Jonnu Smith TE35, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Jonnu Smith.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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