Matthew Golden or Chris Godwin Jr.: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 80th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 89th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 117.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 100.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 6 of 12 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 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 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Matthew Golden was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 4.2 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 7 more targets than Matthew Golden, 51 to 44.

Matthew Golden had 1 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 361 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 82 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.