Matthew Golden or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Matthew Golden was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 6.4 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Terry McLaurin had 16 more targets than Matthew Golden, 60 to 44.

Terry McLaurin had 221 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 582 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 78 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.