Sam Darnold or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 27.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 48.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 75 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 6.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 14 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against NE he completed 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 3 against WAS he completed 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 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.

Sam Darnold was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 5.4 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback 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

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.0 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.