Should I start Matthew Golden or Courtland Sutton in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 3:46 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Week 6 verdict
Start Matthew Golden over Courtland Sutton
Right: 22.4 to 3.9
- Market projected
- 14.0
- pre-game
- Target share
- 33%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 22.4
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 8.3
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 77%
- Week 6
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 3.9
- PPR pts
Start Matthew Golden: 82 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Courtland Sutton's 77 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Matthew Golden?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Courtland Sutton 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR13 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 14.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 33
WR46 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 8.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 116
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The gap
- Board size328 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Matthew Golden, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Courtland Sutton, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 83 percent of GB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 22 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 57 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.
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.
In Week 6 against DAL he caught 6 of 13 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 6, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.
In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.
He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Courtland Sutton was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 7.9 a game between them.
Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.
Courtland Sutton had 80 more targets than Matthew Golden, 124 to 44.
Courtland Sutton had 656 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1017 to 361.
This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 78 percent.
This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.
Byes and availability
Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Matthew Golden?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Courtland Sutton 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Matthew Golden for Courtland Sutton?
No. Keep Matthew Golden: he projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Courtland Sutton 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games).
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