Chris Godwin Jr. or Michael Mayer: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Chris Godwin Jr.'s market-based projection is 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 82 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Mayer was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 3.5 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 and Michael Mayer TE38, which are two different ladders.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and Michael Mayer 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. No bye is listed for Michael Mayer.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.