Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Jakobi Meyers? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jakobi Meyers
Wrong: 8.3 to 12.2- Books imply
- 4.1
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs WR
- 25.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 15%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 8.3
- PPR pts
- CLE D vs WR
- 48.5
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 10%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 12.2
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jakobi Meyers in Week 1.
Chris Godwin Jr. is priced by the books at 4.1 projected points. Jakobi Meyers has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Chris Godwin Jr. at ADP 81 and Jakobi Meyers at 91. Market coverage on Chris Godwin Jr. is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Chris Godwin Jr., with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jakobi Meyers in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
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.
Jakobi Meyers and JAX host CLE.
CLE allowed 48.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 183 yards and 3 touchdowns against CLE.
By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Godwin Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jakobi Meyers 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, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.
He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 6 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 9.4 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 65 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 60 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 8 targets and 4 catches for 45 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Chris Godwin Jr. scored 8.3 PPR points and Jakobi Meyers scored 12.2.
The call was wrong: Jakobi Meyers outscored Chris Godwin Jr. by 3.9.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished 4.2 points above the 4.1 the props implied.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 1 against CIN: 49 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 8.3 PPR points.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished as the week's WR47 in PPR scoring.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 1 against CLE: 37 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.2 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers finished as the week's WR28 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR13 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 3-6
- Overall rank
- 73
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR42 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs rec yds line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 116
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded 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 board43
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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