Start DeMario Douglas or Chris Godwin Jr.? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 10:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start DeMario Douglas over Chris Godwin Jr.
- Market projects
- 8.4
- fantasy pts
- CHI D vs WR
- 31.5
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 7.2
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.4
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 7 call
Start DeMario Douglas over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 7.
Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 8.4 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.2, a gap of 1.1. 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 7.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (6.9, 7.6 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).
No Week 7 player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 7.6 and 7.2 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 7.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
That puts DeMario Douglas 1.1 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
DeMario Douglas and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 29.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 148 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CAR.
By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas played 54 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.
DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 53 of 67 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 108 yards, 1 touchdown, 23.8 PPR points.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 41 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 30 yards, 8.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
- Is DeMario Douglas playing Week 7?
- Is Chris Godwin Jr. playing Week 7?
- Patriots depth chart
- Buccaneers depth chart
- Week 7 WR rankings
- Week 7 fantasy rankings
- Week 7 start or sit
- Week 7 waiver wire
- Week 7 trade value chart
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 7
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 7 kicker rankings
- Week 7 defense rankings