Start Matthew Golden or Malik Nabers? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Matthew Golden over Malik Nabers in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Matthew Golden at 12.2 points and Malik Nabers at 12.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 12.2 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Matthew Golden at 54.5 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 Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Malik Nabers at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 14 books).

That puts Matthew Golden 0.2 points ahead of Malik Nabers on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 41.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 204 yards and a touchdown a game against TEN.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable.

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, Malik Nabers played 62 percent of NYG snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 2 against LAR: 43 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 1 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, 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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Dalton Kincaid over Matthew Golden.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Matthew Golden.
• Start DK Metcalf over Matthew Golden.
• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Malik Nabers.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Malik Nabers.