Start Emeka Egbuka or Chris Godwin Jr.? Week 5
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr.
Right: 17.2 to 7.0
- Market projected
- 7.8
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 84%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 4
- Scored
- 17.2
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 7.5
- pre-game
- DAL D vs WR
- 36.4
- 11th most to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 7.0
- PPR pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 7.8 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Emeka Egbuka at 34.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16 and 17 market sources).
Player markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Chris Godwin Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 28.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16 and 17 market sources).
That puts Emeka Egbuka 0.4 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit DAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
DAL allowed 36.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 11th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 168 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against DAL.
Injury status
Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Emeka Egbuka played 84 percent of TB snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
Emeka Egbuka, Week 1 against CIN: 49 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.
Emeka Egbuka, Week 2 against CLE: 56 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for -3 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.
Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.
Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.
He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 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.
How Week 5 went
Emeka Egbuka scored 17.2 PPR points and Chris Godwin Jr. scored 7.0.
The call was right: Emeka Egbuka outscored Chris Godwin Jr. by 10.2.
Emeka Egbuka finished 9.4 points above the 7.8 the market projected.
Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.2 PPR points.
Emeka Egbuka finished as the week's WR2 in PPR scoring.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished 0.5 points below the 7.5 the market projected.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 5 against DAL: 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 7.0 PPR points.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished as the week's WR5 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR37 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 91
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
Ranked behind
WR40 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 100
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board9
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 16 and tier 17
- Board size258 draftable players
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