Start Chris Godwin Jr.. Godwin Jr. is projected for 9.4 PPR points vs 7.6 for Makai Lemon, and faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Chris Godwin Jr. WR · TB | Makai Lemon WR · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.4 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.7 | 5.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.3 (WR41) | 10.6 (WR32) |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs WAS |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Chris Godwin Jr.. Godwin Jr. projects for 9.4 PPR points vs ATL, against 7.6 for Makai Lemon vs WAS: a 1.8-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: 9.4 PPR points to 7.6 for Makai Lemon.
The sources range from 8.7 to 10.2 for Godwin Jr. and from 5.2 to 10.6 for Lemon. The ranges overlap, so Lemon outscoring Godwin Jr. is a realistic result.
Chris Godwin Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Godwin Jr. at 8.7 PPR points, against 5.2 for Makai Lemon.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Makai Lemon has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Lemon at 10.6 PPR points, against 10.2 for Chris Godwin Jr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chris Godwin Jr. plays ATL and Makai Lemon plays WAS in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Godwin Jr. faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs and Lemon faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs, so Makai Lemon 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 21% of his team's targets, and Makai Lemon 18% of his team's targets.
Chris Godwin Jr. 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 Chris Godwin Jr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chris Godwin Jr. nor Makai Lemon has an injury designation for Week 8.
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 5 of them and Makai Lemon by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.