D'Andre Swift or Matthew Golden: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price D'Andre Swift at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 45 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 33 third down targets, had 8 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 16 times for 45 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 9.3 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

D'Andre Swift 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

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.2 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 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 market price when it does.