Tyler Goodson or Jonnu Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Jonnu Smith at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 186th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 3.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 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.

Jonnu Smith was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonnu Smith scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 4.5 a game between them.

Tyler Goodson finished RB121 and Jonnu Smith TE35, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Goodson is a running back and Jonnu Smith a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Tyler Goodson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.