Usage comparison · Wide receivers

DeVonta Smith vs DK Metcalf

DeVonta Smith gets more of his team's passes (33% vs 23%) and more of the deep throws (48% of its air yards vs 34%). In total, though, DK Metcalf has more targets (33 vs 27). DeVonta Smith has played 3 games and DK Metcalf 4 games. Near the end zone, DeVonta Smith has had more chances (2 vs 1 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (8% vs 4%). DeVonta Smith is scoring more fantasy points a game (16.2 vs 10.8, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 15.8 vs 14.7 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

WRPHI

DeVonta Smith
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
16.2
Expected points per gameEst.
15.8

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 4 injury report: Out (Hamstring)

WRPIT

DK Metcalf
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
10.8
Expected points per gameEst.
14.7

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
DeVonta Smith and DK Metcalf, season usage side by side
StatDeVonta SmithDK Metcalf
Games34
Passes thrown to him
Targets2733
Target share33%23%
Air-yards share48%34%
Catches1916
Receiving yards235213
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances21
Red-zone share8%4%
End-zone targets32
Touchdowns
Touchdowns11
Expected touchdownsEst.1.31.5
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)16.210.8
Fantasy points (PPR)48.543.3
Expected points per gameEst.15.814.7
Points vs expectedEst.+0.3−3.8

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

  • DeVonta Smith
  • DK Metcalf

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
WeekDeVonta SmithDK Metcalf
127%against WAS27%against ATL
238%against TEN24%against NE
332%against CHI16%against CIN
4— no game with a target, carry or dropback23%against CLE

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for DeVonta Smith and DK Metcalf
LeaderboardDeVonta SmithDK Metcalf
Target share leaders#2of 96 wide receivers#26of 96 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#5of 96 wide receivers#22of 96 wide receivers
Red-zone share leadersBelow the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders#52of 174 wide receivers#84of 174 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#15of 174 wide receivers#29of 174 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#12of 174 wide receivers#14of 174 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

DeVonta Smith

Injury opening

DeVonta Smith is listed out (hamstring) on the week 4 report. He has 33% of PHI's targets. Other WRs by share: Dontayvion Wicks (19%), Darius Cooper (17%).

Week 4 official injury report
Out (hamstring)
Target share
33%
Next by share
Dontayvion Wicks 19%, Darius Cooper 17%

Weeks 1–3 · 3 games

DK Metcalf

Volume, not production

DK Metcalf has 34% of PIT's air yards but is scoring 3.8 PPR points a game below what that usage usually produces.

Air-yards share
34%
Targets
33
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−3.8

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

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