Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Rome Odunze? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Rome Odunze over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Rome Odunze at 10.0 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.6, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rome Odunze this week yet, so his 10.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.4, 10.3 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 10.9 and 10.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Rome Odunze at ADP 54 and Chris Godwin Jr. at 82.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Rome Odunze yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 10.3 and 9.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 10.9 and 10.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Rome Odunze 0.4 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Rome Odunze and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Rome Odunze has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Rome Odunze played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 6 against ATL: 74 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 7 against NE: 65 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. played 73 percent of TB snaps, drew 43 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 13 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.

Chris Godwin Jr., Week 8 against ATL: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Rome Odunze over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Rome Odunze over Denzel Boston.
• Start Rome Odunze over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Denzel Boston.