Should I start Darnell Washington or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 1:26 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Chris Godwin Jr.: 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Darnell Washington's 70 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Darnell Washington for Chris Godwin Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Darnell Washington

TE26 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 6.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 143

Chris Godwin Jr.

WR53 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection: 7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 144

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 82 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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Darnell Washington was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 4.6 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end 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

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Darnell Washington for Chris Godwin Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Darnell Washington?
No. Keep Chris Godwin Jr.: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).