Should I start Matthew Golden or DJ Moore in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

DJ Moore's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 84 percent of GB snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 29 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 82 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 7 of 13 targets for 79 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DJ Moore was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 5.0 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

DJ Moore had 41 more targets than Matthew Golden, 85 to 44.

DJ Moore had 321 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 682 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 51 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DJ Moore has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.