Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks
Godwin projects lower, 7.2 to 8.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 82 for Godwin, 193 for Wicks.
- Market projects
- 7.2
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.4
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Market projects
- 8.5
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 79%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.2 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 8.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Chris Godwin Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 82 against 193, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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. No player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.7, 9.1 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 7 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 9.1 and 6.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 0.2 touchdowns (11 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 Dontayvion Wicks 1.3 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.
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, Dontayvion Wicks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 79 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 40 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.
He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.
He was on the field for 47 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
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