Start Jonnu Smith or Daniel Bellinger? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jonnu Smith over Daniel Bellinger in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jonnu Smith at 3.2 points and Daniel Bellinger at 3.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Daniel Bellinger's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Daniel Bellinger, with 60 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Daniel Bellinger a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Jonnu Smith, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Jonnu Smith a 10% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Jonnu Smith 0.2 points ahead of Daniel Bellinger on the market projections.

Injury status

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Jonnu Smith is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger played 42 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 1 against NYJ: 14 of 50 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 2 against PHI: 24 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 3 against NYG: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 4 against BAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Through Week 4, Jonnu Smith played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonnu Smith, Week 1 against MIN: 32 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 2 against NYJ: 13 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 3 against ATL: 22 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 4 against TB: 13 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jonnu Smith played 17 games for PIT 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 and 43 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Jonnu Smith over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Cole Kmet over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Jonnu Smith over Elijah Higgins.