Should I start Eli Raridon or Matthew Golden in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Eli Raridon's market-based projection is 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 3.7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 49 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Eli Raridon 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

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.

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.