Matthew Golden or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Parker Washington at 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 5 of 12 targets for 100 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 3 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 123 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 6.5 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

Parker Washington had 51 more targets than Matthew Golden, 95 to 44.

Parker Washington had 486 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 847 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 77 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 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 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 market price when it does.