Matthew Golden or Jameson Williams: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 117.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Matthew Golden, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 78th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 84 percent of GB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 6 of 12 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 4 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 7.9 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Jameson Williams had 58 more targets than Matthew Golden, 102 to 44.

Jameson Williams had 756 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 1117 to 361.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 84 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Matthew Golden has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.