Start Davante Adams or Matthew Golden? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Davante Adams over Matthew Golden in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Davante Adams at 14.6 points and Matthew Golden at 12.4, a gap of 2.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Davante Adams at 62.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 48% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.4 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Matthew Golden at 57.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 18 market sources).

That puts Davante Adams 2.2 points ahead of Matthew Golden on the market projections.

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 4, Matthew Golden played 85 percent of GB snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 39 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 1 against MIN: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 95 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 2 against NYJ: 51 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 3 against ATL: 54 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 100 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 4 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 7 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

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

In 2025, Matthew Golden played 14 games for GB 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 and 260 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Davante Adams scored 22.1 PPR points and Matthew Golden scored 20.3.

The call was right: Davante Adams outscored Matthew Golden by 1.8.

Davante Adams finished 7.5 points above the 14.6 the market projected.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns, 22.1 PPR points.

Davante Adams finished as the week's WR10 in PPR scoring.

Matthew Golden finished 7.9 points above the 12.4 the market projected.

Matthew Golden, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 123 yards, 20.3 PPR points.

Matthew Golden finished as the week's WR11 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Matthew Golden over Carnell Tate.
• Start Chris Olave over Matthew Golden.
• Start Christian Watson over Matthew Golden.