Will Shipley or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th 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 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Will Shipley at 8.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 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.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Will Shipley's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 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.

Will Shipley was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 8.1 a game between them.

Will Shipley finished RB96 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

Will Shipley is a running back 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 Will Shipley.

What would change the answer

Will Shipley is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.