Start Stefon Diggs or Chris Godwin Jr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 5:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Stefon Diggs over Chris Godwin Jr.
- Market projects
- 9.9
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs WR
- 26.8
- 5th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 61%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs WR
- 30.5
- 16th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 43%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Stefon Diggs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Stefon Diggs projects 83 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Chris Godwin Jr.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Stefon Diggs over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 9.9 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.6, 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 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 Stefon Diggs at ADP 99 and Chris Godwin Jr. at 82.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Stefon Diggs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 42 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (9, 9 and 10 market sources).
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.
The market-based projection for Chris Godwin Jr. is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).
That puts Stefon Diggs 0.3 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Stefon Diggs and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown a game against LAR.
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 30.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Godwin Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.
Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.
Stefon Diggs, Week 6 against SF: 41 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.
Stefon Diggs, Week 8 against PHI: 39 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. played 77 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: 49 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.
He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.
He was on the field for 54 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Stefon Diggs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Stefon Diggs projects 83 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Chris Godwin Jr.
Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Chris Godwin Jr.?
No. Keep Stefon Diggs: he projects 83 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Godwin Jr. 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Chris Godwin Jr.
Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr.?
Week 9 on the board
- Is Stefon Diggs playing Week 9?
- Is Chris Godwin Jr. playing Week 9?
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- Buccaneers depth chart
- Week 9 WR rankings
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- Week 9 waiver wire
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- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
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- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings