If DeVonte Smith is clearly the best WR in the class this year will you guys relent to being wrong and horrible at drafting? Just asking.
I just don't want to hear, he wouldn't have done that with Miami, like you guys always do.
I'm not going to make a definitive assessment after 1 year either way.
But if Parker and Fuller actually stay healthy and play to their max ability (longshot, I know), Waddle has significant competition for targets.
Meanwhile Smith is on a team whose other top options are Reagor, Ward, and Fulgham. A healthy Preston Williams would have a chance of being the #1 option among that group.
And neither team has an established top QB. At least not yet.
Situation does matter. A smart fantasy football player looks at those two situations and goes with Smith, even if they think Waddle is the superior talent. Same reasoning led me to pick Jefferson over Ceedee last year (admittedly got lucky on that one). One guy was a locked in top 2 option w no threats behind him. The other was joining two 1,100+ yard receivers. And Ceedee was WR #1 on my draft board.
Devonta is walking into a situation where he is the #1 by default, unless he completely underwhelms. Waddle has to to pass two guys that can definitely put up 1,000 yards when things fall their way (again, things haven't fallen their way often in the past).
So I have to wait and see how both players actually look throughout the season. But I'm also definitely not going to simply base it on yardage totals and TD's. Regardless of which of the two players it is (since I do like both), I would bet money that the guy on the Eagles would put up more stats if I had to right now.
This is not an excuse. It's just the way it is.