Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Josh Downs? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Josh Downs
Final: 8.3 to 5.7
- CIN D vs WR
- 25.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 8.3
- PPR pts
- BAL D vs WR
- 25.0
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 89%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 14%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 5.7
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Josh Downs in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Chris Godwin Jr. at ADP 79.3 overall and Josh Downs at 88.6.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Josh Downs in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CIN.
CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.
Josh Downs and IND host BAL.
BAL allowed 25.0 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and no touchdowns against BAL.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Godwin Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Godwin Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Josh Downs was listed as questionable when the call was made.
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.
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.
In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.
He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Josh Downs, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 1 carry for -5 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 61 yards, 9.6 PPR points.
Josh Downs, Week 17 of 2025 against JAX: 35 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 5.4 PPR points.
Josh Downs, Week 16 of 2025 against SF: 47 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 9 targets and 5 catches for 65 yards, 11.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR28 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 3-6
- Overall rank
- 69
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
WR29 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs anytime td line 4-12
- Overall rank
- 72
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board3
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 10
- Board size242 draftable players
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