Should I start Matthew Golden or Travis Kelce in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Matthew Golden's market-based projection is 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Travis Kelce's market-based projection is 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 210 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 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 83 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 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

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

Matthew Golden finished WR89 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Golden is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce a tight end, 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 Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.2 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.