Alec Pierce or Chris Godwin Jr.: Who Should You Start?

The call

• Role isn't the issue: 86% snap share and an 18% target share over 15 games means he's on the field for everything Indy runs.
• The problem is the price of admission — WR47 at 9.7 projected points sits below the typical WR3/flex cut line in a 12-team PPR league, and PPR scoring doesn't flatter a low-volume field-stretcher.
• Availability is the swing factor: the sheet lists him as PUP-P with status normalized to unknown, so this call is unstartable until his game status clears.
• Matchup offers no tiebreaker — the DvP composite ranks Baltimore 24 of 32 (softer end) but it's built on a 0-game sample at 0.00 confidence, so treat it as noise. A 23.0 implied total with a 3.5-point spread points to a competitive script rather than a pass-heavy chase.

The call

• The role is legitimate — 71% snap share and an 18% target share over nine games means Godwin is on the field and in the route mix every week, which is the floor PPR formats reward.
• The projection is the problem: 9.7 points and a WR45 consensus rank put him right at replacement level in a 12-team league, and a 23.5 implied team total doesn't promise a shootout to inflate that.
• The DvP composite lists Cincinnati as the 3rd-toughest matchup for the position, but it's a 0-game sample with 0.00 confidence — don't let that number move the needle either direction.
• Tip it toward start if you're chasing volume in a full-PPR flex and Tampa Bay is chasing points late as 3.5-point underdogs; tip it toward sit if you have a WR with a cleaner target monopoly.