Start Matthew Golden or Jameson Williams? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Matthew Golden over Jameson Williams in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Matthew Golden at 12.3 points and Jameson Williams at 12.0, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jameson Williams's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Matthew Golden at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 18 books).

Player prop markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Jameson Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Jameson Williams at 53.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12 and 15 books).

That puts Matthew Golden 0.3 points ahead of Jameson Williams on the books.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Jameson Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Matthew Golden played 84 percent of GB snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 17 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.

Through Week 2, Jameson Williams played 90 percent of DET snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Jameson Williams, Week 1 against NO: 65 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 45 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 2 against BUF: 63 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Matthew Golden, Week 18 of 2025 against MIN: 3 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 8 targets and 6 catches for 74 yards, 13.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Dalton Kincaid over Matthew Golden.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Matthew Golden.
• Start DK Metcalf over Matthew Golden.
• Start Jameson Williams over DJ Moore.
• Start DK Metcalf over Jameson Williams.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Jameson Williams.