Matthew Golden or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 6?

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 Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

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.

The market has Chris Olave at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Olave's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 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 Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Olave was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 11.8 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Chris Olave had 112 more targets than Matthew Golden, 156 to 44.

Chris Olave had 802 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1163 to 361.

Their snap share this season is the same, 85 percent each.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chris Olave is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.