A.J. Brown vs Chris Godwin: Who Should You Start?
A.J. Brown and Chris Godwin are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. A.J. Brown averaged 12.1 PPG across 15 games with the Philadelphia Eagles, while Chris Godwin posted 7.4 PPG in 9 appearances for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A 4.7-PPG gap gives A.J. Brown the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. A.J. Brown saw 121 targets in 2025, while Chris Godwin drew 51. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for A.J. Brown, even in weeks where Chris Godwin posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
A.J. Brown has his bye in Week 5, and Chris Godwin rests in Week 11. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
