Dalton Schultz or Matthew Golden: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 182 players the books 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 66 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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.

Dalton Schultz was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 5.5 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end 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

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

What would change the answer

0.2 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.