Should I start Matthew Golden or Rashee Rice in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Matthew Golden's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Matthew Golden was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 13.8 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 34 more targets than Matthew Golden, 78 to 44.

Rashee Rice had 210 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 571 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 61 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.