Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Matthew Golden in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Amon-Ra St. Brown's market-based projection is 20.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 15.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 83 percent of GB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 3 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 123 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 6 of 13 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Matthew Golden played 14 games and scored 70.0 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing WR89.

He caught 29 of 44 targets for 361 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 12.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 14.1 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Matthew Golden WR89.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 128 more targets than Matthew Golden, 172 to 44.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 1040 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1401 to 361.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 83 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Matthew Golden is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.