Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or Eli Raridon in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 1.6 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.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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, 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.

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 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.

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and Eli Raridon 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 Eli Raridon in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.