Chris Godwin Jr. or Jake Ferguson: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 125th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 101.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 147.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 68 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jake Ferguson was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 1.8 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 and Jake Ferguson TE5, which are two different ladders.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and Jake Ferguson 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 Jake Ferguson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.