Should I start DK Metcalf or Matthew Golden in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 83 percent of GB snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 30 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 92 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against NE he caught 10 of 10 targets for 164 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

DK Metcalf was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 7.5 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Matthew Golden WR89.

DK Metcalf had 55 more targets than Matthew Golden, 99 to 44.

DK Metcalf had 489 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 850 to 361.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 83 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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