Should I start C.J. Stroud or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 7?

The market-based projections

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 4.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 4 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

C.J. Stroud was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 6.2 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and Chris Godwin Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.