DeVonta

Smith

Smith and Jalen Hurts connected on a 30-yard pass early in the contest, and after that, it was all dink-and-dunk between the two. It’s been a feast or famine type year for the wideout in 2025, with this one squarely in the middle at best. Smith will remain a high-end WR3 — if there is such a thing — for Week 14 against the Chargers.

Smith is really going through it this week, but he upgraded to full on Friday after sitting out on Wednesday and Thursday, so he can be thrust into starting lineups as a WR3. The Eagles will likely focus on attacking a Bears’ run defense missing four linebackers this weekend, but Smith is remains a key figure in the offense regardless.

Smith was not seen at practice earlier in the day and is officially listed with an illness in addition to the shoulder and chest issues. Adding an illness at least indicates Smith could have practiced today, but the illness kept him out. Regardless, fantasy managers should check back tomorrow for a final update on Smith before Friday’s game against the Bears. Practicing in any sort of capacity would help his chances of playing.

Smith could get in some light work later in the session and officially be listed as limited. For now, it looks like Smith will be a DNP for his second straight practice. His availability for Week 13 versus the Bears is up in the air, to say the least. A.J. Brown posted one of his best games of the year last week, racking up 110 yards and a score on eight receptions. He would be in line for an even larger workload if Smith is unable to suit up.

Smith took some hard hits and falls in the Eagles’ Week 12 loss to the Cowboys and starts out the week as a non-participant in the team’s Tuesday walkthrough. The Eagles play the Bears on Friday, so Smith’s DNP to start the week is concerning for his game status. Fantasy managers should check back throughout the week; any sort of practice time would be a positive sign for Smith playing in Week 13. WR Xavier Gipson (shoulder) was also a DNP after he was shaken up on a punt return that he fumbled late in Week 12. Jahan Dotson would be next up for targets if Smith cannot go.

Smith led the Eagles in targets but came up short of A.J. Brown’s 110 yards and a touchdown against Dallas. Targeted on 24 percent of his routes, Smith came down with an incredible 41-yard grab — the longest of the night for the Eagles. It was a downfield catch that required Smith to become parallel with the ground and hold on to the ball through a hard fall to the turf. Smith last week had just one catch for eight yards as Jalen Hurts’ targets Brown relentlessly after Brown complained to team ownership about his lack of targets. Smith will be a top-30 option in Week 13 against the Bears.

Smith doesn’t get a complete pass as he dropped his first target on the first play from scrimmage, but it is noteworthy that quarterback Jalen Hurts peppered A.J. Brown with 11 targets after the outspoken wide receiver was seen telling fantasy managers to drop him on a livestream of him playing Madden earlier in the week. The explosive receiver will look to get back on track in Week 12 when the Eagles face off against the porous defense of the Cowboys.

The two teams played to a 0-0, tightly contested defensive struggle throughout the first half, with Smith’s fourth quarter touchdown pushing the team’s lead to 10-0. Smith led the team in targets with seven on a night quarterback Jalen Hurts attempted only 26 passes as each team biased their attack to the ground game, but the speedy receiver high-pointed the football over safety coverage to come down with yet another game changing catch for the Eagles on his score. Smith remains unlikely to see consistently high volume in the new-look Philadelphia offense but carries some of the highest per-target upside in the league. He’ll remain a locked-in WR2 ahead of a home meeting with the Lions in Week 11.

Florio said he’s heard of several contending teams that are interested in acquiring Brown if the Eagles are willing to part with the star wideout. That includes, per Florio, the Patriots, whose head coach — Mike Vrabel — coached Brown in Tennessee. “This to me feels like an effort by the Eagles to shop A.J. Brown without shopping A.J. Brown, to wait for the phone to ring, to not be the one who picks up the phone” to engage in trade talks before the November 4 league deadline. “Something’s been going on there,” Florio said of Brown, who has complained for years about his lack of opportunities in the run-heavy Philadelphia offense. Brown’s fantasy prospects would see a slight bump if he were to land with a more pass-first team, and his exit from the Eagles offense would make DeVonta Smith a borderline elite fantasy option.

Smith enjoyed a 47 percent target share with A.J. Brown sidelined with a hamstring injury. It wasn’t the blowup performance Smith drafters might have expected with the Eagles reverting to an ultra run-heavy offensive game plan and limiting Jalen Hurts to 20 attempts on the day. Game script didn’t do Smith any favors either. Smith’s long play of the day was a 26-yard catch and run on a rifle throw from Hurts over the middle. He’ll go back to the WR2 range in fantasy formats if Brown is able to return from his hamstring issue in Week 10 against the Packers.