Mike Gesicki or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Gesicki: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Gesicki at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 80 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Mike Gesicki was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 3.8 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Chris Godwin Jr. a wide receiver, 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 Mike Gesicki.

What would change the answer

Chris Godwin Jr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.