Should I start Drake Maye or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Drake Maye's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 249 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 249 dropbacks and scrambled 23 times.

In Week 5 against LV he completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

Through Week 7, Chris Godwin Jr. has drawn 45 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 12.0 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye 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

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