Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Kendrick Bourne? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 11:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne
- Market projects
- 8.6
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs WR
- 34.4
- 11th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 73%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 45%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 8.5
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 35.5
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Chris Godwin Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Kendrick Bourne projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 9 games) and Chris Godwin Jr. 73 (8.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
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Our Week 8 call
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Chris Godwin Jr. at 8.6 points and Kendrick Bourne at 8.5, a gap of 0.1. 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 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (7.6, 7.2 and 10.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.7, 7.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.6, 7.2 and 10.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 7.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Chris Godwin Jr. 0.1 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB host ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.
Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.
By points allowed to the position, Kendrick Bourne has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Chris Godwin Jr. played 73 percent of TB snaps, drew 45 percent of the targets and had 12 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.
Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 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.
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.
In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Chris Godwin Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Kendrick Bourne projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 9 games) and Chris Godwin Jr. 73 (8.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Kendrick Bourne?
Not on these numbers alone. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 9 games) and Kendrick Bourne 72 (8.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
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Week 8 on the board
- Is Chris Godwin Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Kendrick Bourne playing Week 8?
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