CeeDee Lamb or Matthew Golden: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

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

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Matthew Golden WR89.

CeeDee Lamb had 73 more targets than Matthew Golden, 117 to 44.

CeeDee Lamb had 716 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1077 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 77 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.1 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.