Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or AJ Barner in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Chris Godwin Jr.'s market-based projection is 7.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for AJ Barner, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 82 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 6 of 7 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, AJ Barner has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 0.6 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 and AJ Barner TE14, which are two different ladders.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and AJ Barner a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Chris Godwin Jr. is off in Week 10 and AJ Barner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

AJ Barner has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.