Chris Godwin Jr. or Josh Downs: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 89th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Josh Downs at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 182 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 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 100.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 124.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 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.

Through Week 1, Josh Downs has been on the field for 89 percent of IND snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 37 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.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 0.7 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Josh Downs had 37 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 88 to 51.

Josh Downs had 206 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 566 to 360.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 86 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Godwin Jr. is off in Week 10 and Josh Downs in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.