Michael Penix Jr. or Dallas Goedert: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM ET
Michael Penix Jr. is the start on the books' latest price, 12.9 points to Dallas Goedert's 9.7, the prices the books posted for their Week 3 games. The next week's markets are not all posted yet, and this answer reorders when they are. What follows is how each has been used this season.
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QB31 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 147
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
TE22 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 5-10
- Books price
- 9.7 pts a game Wk 2 price
- Overall rank
- 168
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Dallas Goedert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 116.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
The books have Dallas Goedert at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season through Week 2
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
Through Week 2, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 54 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.
His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 1 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 77 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 2 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.
He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dallas Goedert was available for 6 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Dallas Goedert 12.3, 1.4 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Dallas Goedert TE7, which are two different ladders.
Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Dallas Goedert a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Dallas Goedert in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Dallas Goedert is listed as doubtful on the injury report.
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