Chris Godwin Jr. or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The market has Rico Dowdle at 8.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 2, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 3.5 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver and Rico Dowdle 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 Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.