Should I start Matthew Golden or Javonte Williams in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Javonte Williams's market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 22 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 20 times for 101 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Javonte Williams was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 10.2 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Golden is a wide receiver and Javonte Williams a running back, 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 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.