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Chris Godwin Jr.

Chris Godwin Jr.

WRTBTampa Bay Buccaneers▲ Hot

Other WRs on TB
Heads up
  • Teammate Emeka Egbuka (a top target) is questionable.

A hurt top target or lead back nudges the projection up a little, since their work tends to shift to teammates. QB and offensive-line flags are shown for context but do not change the number.

Games
8
2026 season
PPR PPG
6.6
WR79 overall
Total pts
53.1

This is how WRs have played against the Cowboys in the 2026 season.

WR2 = the second-highest-scoring WR against Cowboys in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1NYGNYGDarnell Mooney222704.7
2WASWASTerry McLaurin925007.0
3BALBALChris Moore11417.4
4HOUHOUJaylin Noel3385011.9
Average3.82.041.50.37.8
Median2.52.038.50.07.2
High9385111.9
Low11404.7

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

WR2 avg pts
7.8
PPR per game
Rank
23
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-13%
lg avg 8.9
How Chris Godwin Jr. should do vs the CowboysSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Cowboys, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Chris Godwin Jr. has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Cowboys opponents to line them up with: the best WR they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Chris Godwin Jr. will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Cowboys avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Chris Godwin Jr.'s own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Chris Godwin Jr. usually produces.

Projected is Chris Godwin Jr.'s recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Cowboys were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1CIN444008.3
2CLE334608.8
3MIN432505.5
4GB763109.1
5DAL333707.0
6PIT843707.7
7CAR542706.7
8ATL10000.0
Jr. avg4.43.430.40.06.6
Cowboys WR2 avg3.82.041.50.37.8
Difference-0.6-1.4+11.1+0.3+1.1

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Jr. averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.

Prediction & chance to scoreChris Godwin Jr. vs the Cowboys

Prediction for Chris Godwin Jr.

Nobody knows which slot Chris Godwin Jr. will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Cowboys.

If Chris Godwin Jr. plays as
7.7
projected PPR points

I predict about 7.7 points for Chris Godwin Jr. if playing as a WR2. Chris Godwin Jr. has averaged 7.9 over 4 games, and the Cowboys have given up 7.8 to WR2s (-13% vs the league average of 8.9).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Chris Godwin Jr. scored: Wk 1 8.3, Wk 2 8.8, Wk 3 5.5, Wk 4 9.1. Average 7.9; weighted toward recent games it is 8.4.

2. The defense. Over 4 games, the Cowboys allowed 7.8 points to their opponent's WR2. The league average for that slot is 8.9, so that is -13%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 4 defensive games, only 57% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -7% adjustment (x0.93).

4. Result. 8.4 x 0.93 = 7.7. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Chris Godwin Jr. is to reach it as a WR2.

41%
chance of 8+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (7.7) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 3.1 points, leaning on Chris Godwin Jr.'s own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical WR swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 8.

With only 4 games of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
  • WR2s have averaged 2.0 receptions, 41.5 receiving yards and 0.3 receiving TDs against the Cowboys across 4 games.
  • The Cowboys allow 7.8 PPR points to WR2s, -13% versus the league average of 8.9 (ranked 23 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • Outlier: Week 4, Jaylin Noel (85 yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: yds 41.5 vs 27.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • Outlier: Week 3, Chris Moore (4 yds) sits far below the other games and drags the averages down. Average with it vs without it: yds 41.5 vs 54.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • 1 of 4 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 4.7 to 11.9 (median 7.2).
  • WR2s scored a touchdown in 1 of 4 games (25%).

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.