Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Matthew Golden in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Chuba Hubbard's market-based projection is 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 78 percent of CAR snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 28 times for 120 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 7 times for 33 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 84 percent of GB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 26 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 6 of 12 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 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.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 3.4 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 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

1.2 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.