Jaxson Dart or Matthew Golden: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jaxson Dart at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 10th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 80th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxson Dart: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 32.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 117.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 100 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 33 times and thrown 8.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 33 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.

Through Week 1, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.

He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 12.6 a game between them.

Jaxson Dart finished QB14 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

Jaxson Dart is a quarterback 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

Jaxson Dart is off in Week 8 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.