Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Michael Pittman Jr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Michael Pittman Jr. over Chris Godwin Jr.
Right: 8.8 to 8.3
- ATL D vs WR
- 22.4
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 8.8
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 2.2
- 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
Our Week 1 call
Start Michael Pittman Jr. over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 1.
Chris Godwin Jr. is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points and Michael Pittman Jr. is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Michael Pittman Jr. at ADP 74 and Chris Godwin Jr. at 77.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Chris Godwin Jr., with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Michael Pittman Jr. and PIT host ATL.
ATL allowed 22.4 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and no touchdowns against ATL.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Godwin Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Michael Pittman Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chris Godwin Jr. was not on the injury report 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.
How Week 1 went
Michael Pittman Jr. scored 8.8 PPR points and Chris Godwin Jr. scored 8.3.
The call was right: Michael Pittman Jr. outscored Chris Godwin Jr. by 0.5.
Michael Pittman Jr., Week 1 against ATL: 59 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 58 yards, 8.8 PPR points.
Michael Pittman Jr. finished as the week's WR44 in PPR scoring.
Chris Godwin Jr. finished 6.1 points above the 2.2 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.
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
WR20 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 83
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
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 board10
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size244 draftable players
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