George Pickens or Matthew Golden: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, George Pickens has been on the field for 84 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 123 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 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.

George Pickens was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 12.2 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Matthew Golden WR89.

George Pickens had 93 more targets than Matthew Golden, 137 to 44.

George Pickens had 1068 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1429 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 84 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.