Start Matthew Golden or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 1
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, and the lean for week 1.
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
The draft market ranks Matthew Golden 16 spots ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr.. That crosses a tier break, tier 9 to tier 10. The week 1 start call lands when books post week 1 lines.
How Week 1 went
The desk made no call on this pair in Week 1.
Matthew Golden, Week 1 against MIN: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 95 yards, 15.5 PPR points.
Matthew Golden finished as the week's WR17 in PPR scoring.
Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 1 against LAR: 27 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 12 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.0 PPR points.
Deebo Samuel Sr. finished as the week's WR13 in PPR scoring.
Ranked ahead
WR27 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 5-9
- Overall rank
- 58
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
Ranked behind
WR30 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 74
- Draft pick
- ADP 6
- Tier
- 10
This is a lean from the current board, not a projection. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board16
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 9 and tier 10
- Board size242 draftable players
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