Start Malik Nabers or Matthew Golden? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Malik Nabers at 15.2 points and Matthew Golden at 14.5, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Matthew Golden this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (16.0, 13.0 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Malik Nabers at ADP 35 and Matthew Golden at 108.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.2 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 68 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (14, 12 and 13 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Matthew Golden yet. His market-based projections were 16.0, 13.0 and 14.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Malik Nabers 0.7 points ahead of Matthew Golden on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and a touchdown a game against WAS.

Matthew Golden and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Malik Nabers played 77 percent of NYG snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 5 against WAS: 80 of 89 snaps, 20 targets and 11 catches for 121 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Nabers, Week 6 against NO: 66 of 77 snaps, 15 targets and 12 catches for 165 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 7 against HOU: 48 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 111 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 9 against PHI: 53 of 67 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Through Week 9, Matthew Golden played 83 percent of GB snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 40 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 6 against DAL: 63 of 75 snaps, 13 targets and 6 catches for 104 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 7 against DET: 57 of 67 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 39 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 8 against CAR: 59 of 69 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 79 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 9 against NE: 49 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 10 catches for 164 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Malik Nabers.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Malik Nabers.
• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Chris Olave over Matthew Golden.
• Start Christian Watson over Matthew Golden.
• Start DJ Moore over Matthew Golden.