Emanuel Wilson or Matthew Golden: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Emanuel Wilson at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 204 players the market prices.

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 204 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emanuel Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 21 times for 92 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 9 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 0.6 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

Emanuel Wilson 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

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Emanuel Wilson.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.