Start Chris Godwin Jr.. Godwin Jr. is projected for 10.5 PPR points vs 9.9 for Devaughn Vele, and faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Chris Godwin Jr. WR · TB | Devaughn Vele WR · NO | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.3 | 9.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CAR | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-toughest (29.4 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (28.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
Start Chris Godwin Jr.. Godwin Jr. projects for 10.5 PPR points vs CAR, against 9.9 for Devaughn Vele vs PIT: a 0.6-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Chris Godwin Jr. is projected to score more: 10.5 PPR points to 9.9 for Devaughn Vele.
The sources range from 8.3 to 11.4 for Godwin Jr. and from 9.0 to 10.3 for Vele. The ranges overlap, so Vele outscoring Godwin Jr. is a realistic result.
Devaughn Vele is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Vele at 9.0 PPR points, against 8.3 for Chris Godwin Jr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Chris Godwin Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Godwin Jr. at 11.4 PPR points, against 10.3 for Devaughn Vele.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chris Godwin Jr. plays CAR and Devaughn Vele plays PIT in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Godwin Jr. faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs and Vele faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs, so Chris Godwin Jr. has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Chris Godwin Jr. has drawn 20% of his team's targets, and Devaughn Vele 21% of his team's targets.
Devaughn Vele has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Devaughn Vele.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chris Godwin Jr. nor Devaughn Vele has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Chris Godwin Jr. is projected by 4 of them and Devaughn Vele by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.