Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Matthew Golden in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 1 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 2.1 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 that year and Matthew Golden WR89.

Ryan Flournoy had 12 more targets than Matthew Golden, 56 to 44.

Ryan Flournoy had 114 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 475 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 77 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Matthew Golden in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.