Should I start Jahan Dotson or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 6

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Jahan Dotson was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 6.3 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 15 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 51 to 36.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 98 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 360 to 262.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 70 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

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.