Matthew Golden or Ashton Jeanty: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Ashton Jeanty, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 5 of 12 targets for 100 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 76 percent of LV snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 9.4 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 and Ashton Jeanty RB11, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Golden is a wide receiver and Ashton Jeanty a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ashton Jeanty has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.