Start Caleb Douglas or Chris Godwin Jr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 7:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs WR
- 30.5
- 16th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 43%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 8.3
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs WR
- 37.7
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 8
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Our Week 9 call
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.6 points and Caleb Douglas at 8.3, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 10.9 and 10.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Chris Godwin Jr. at ADP 82 and Caleb Douglas at 215.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 10.9 and 10.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Chris Godwin Jr. is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).
Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 39 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).
That puts Chris Godwin Jr. 1.2 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 30.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.
Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.
By points allowed to the position, Caleb Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. played 77 percent of TB snaps, drew 43 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 7 against CAR: 46 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 27 yards.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 8 against ATL: 49 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.
Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.
Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games for TB 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 and 154 air yards.
He was on the field for 71 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 47 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
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