Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Keon Coleman? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Keon Coleman over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Keon Coleman at 8.9 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 8.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.4 and 8.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 9.4 and 8.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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.

That puts Keon Coleman 0.3 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Keon Coleman and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Keon Coleman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 3 against LAC: 32 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 yards.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Keon Coleman over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Chris Godwin Jr..