Should I start Matthew Golden or Ollie Gordon II in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 219 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 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 84 percent of GB snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 29 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 82 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 6 of 13 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Golden scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 1.8 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 and Ollie Gordon II RB68, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Golden is a wide receiver and Ollie Gordon II 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 Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.