Mike Evans or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 71st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 75.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 100.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Mike Evans has been on the field for 75 percent of SF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 1.4 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Mike Evans had 10 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 61 to 51.

Mike Evans had 8 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 368 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 75 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.