Matthew Golden or Jayden Daniels: 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 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 117.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 18 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

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

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, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

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 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Matthew Golden was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 11.8 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 and Jayden Daniels QB34, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Golden is a wide receiver and Jayden Daniels a quarterback, 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 Jayden Daniels in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jayden Daniels is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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