Should I start DJ Moore or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

DJ Moore's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 77 percent of TB snaps, drawn 43 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 0.8 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

DJ Moore had 34 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 85 to 51.

DJ Moore had 322 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 682 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 55 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 43 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Chris Godwin Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.