Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or Ollie Gordon II in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Chris Godwin Jr. has 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.

Through Week 7, Ollie Gordon II has taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 6.0 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 and Ollie Gordon II RB68, which are two different ladders.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and Ollie Gordon II a running back, 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 Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.