Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or Zay Flowers in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:21 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Zay Flowers: 85 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chris Godwin Jr.'s 73 percent of the snaps and 45 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Zay Flowers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Zay Flowers projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 66 (8.2 a game over 8 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR11 · TB · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 10.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 32
WR12 · BAL · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 9.5 pts a game
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 73 percent of TB snaps, drawn 43 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.
In Week 7 against CAR he caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.
His 58 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.
In Week 6 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 6 of 11 targets for 66 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CIN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 137 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against BUF he caught 0 of 5 targets for 0 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 Zay Flowers played 17 games and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.
He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.
That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 14.1 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Zay Flowers was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 5.1 a game between them.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.
Zay Flowers had 67 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 118 to 51.
Zay Flowers had 851 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 1211 to 360.
This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 65 percent.
This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 43 percent against 30 percent.
Byes and availability
Chris Godwin Jr. is off in Week 10 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Chris Godwin Jr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Zay Flowers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Zay Flowers projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 66 (8.2 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Zay Flowers for Chris Godwin Jr.?
No. Keep Zay Flowers: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 66 (8.2 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr.?
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