Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 8?
Updated Oct 28, 3:49 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Ja'Kobi Lane
- Market projects
- 8.6
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs WR
- 34.4
- 11th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 73%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 45%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 6.9
- fantasy pts
- BUF D vs WR
- 42.3
- most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 7
Start Chris Godwin Jr.: 73 percent of the snaps and 45 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ja'Kobi Lane's 54 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Ja'Kobi Lane for Chris Godwin Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Ja'Kobi Lane.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR26 · BAL · bye 13
- Market-based projection
- 6.9 pts a game
WR48 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Market-based projection
- 10.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 116
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The gap
- Board size295 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.
The market-based projections
Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.
The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 7
Through Week 7, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 73 percent of TB snaps, 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
Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
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.
Head to head
This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 54 percent.
This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 45 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ja'Kobi Lane for Chris Godwin Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Ja'Kobi Lane.
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Ja'Kobi Lane?
No. Keep Chris Godwin Jr.: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Ja'Kobi Lane.
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr.?
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