DeVonta Smith · Tee Higgins · 2026 week 1

DeVonta Smith or Tee Higgins?

Wondering who you should start this week — DeVonta Smith or Tee Higgins? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Tee Higgins — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Tee Higgins (TB allow the 16th-most WR points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
DeVonta Smith	vs WAS	14.9	6th · soft	9.6	4,105	healthy
Tee Higgins START	vs TB	15.6	16th	14.3	3,346	Questionable

WRs vs WAS recently: DeVonta Smith 10.2 pts (W16) · KaVontae Turpin 14.6 pts (W17) · DeVonta Smith 5.2 pts (W18).

WRs vs TB recently: Tetairoa McMillan 13.3 pts (W16) · Theo Wease 12.3 pts (W17) · Jalen Coker 10.7 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

DeVonta Smith carries the higher trade value — 4,105 against 3,346 (a 18% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving DeVonta Smith gets the most. Momentum: DeVonta Smith +78 and Tee Higgins -753 over the last 30 days.

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.