Should I start KeAndre Lambert-Smith or Josh Downs in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on KeAndre Lambert-Smith, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 185th 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 Josh Downs is 0.3 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 through Week 9

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 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 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 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and KeAndre Lambert-Smith 1.6, 6.9 a game between them.

Josh Downs had 76 more targets than KeAndre Lambert-Smith, 88 to 12.

Josh Downs had 515 more receiving yards than KeAndre Lambert-Smith, 566 to 51.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 50 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

KeAndre Lambert-Smith is off in Week 7 and Josh Downs in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.