Should I start Rashee Rice or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.8 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 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.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

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

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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.

Chris Godwin Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 9.5 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Rashee Rice had 27 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 78 to 51.

Rashee Rice had 211 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 571 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 64 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 45 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.