Should I drop Malik Nabers for Matthew Golden?

Not on these numbers alone. Malik Nabers projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.8 a game over 10 games) and Matthew Golden 125 (12.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden.

Start Matthew Golden or Malik Nabers? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 3:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden

Nabers projects lower, 13.5 to 15.0, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 35 for Nabers, 108 for Golden.

Start

Malik Nabers

WR · NYG · at HOU

Market projects: 13.4; recent weeks avg
HOU D vs WR: 38.1; 4th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 86 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 77%; Through Week 6
Target share: 30%; Through Week 6

Sit

Matthew Golden

WR · GB · at DET

Market projects: 15.0; fantasy pts
DET D vs WR: 41.0; 2nd most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 100 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 83%; Through Week 6
Target share: 26%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Matthew Golden for Malik Nabers?

Not on these numbers alone. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games) and Malik Nabers 128 (12.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Malik Nabers at 13.4 points and Matthew Golden at 15.0, a gap of 1.5. Malik Nabers still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 35 against 108, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Malik Nabers this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (12.4, 12.2 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 74 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Malik Nabers yet. His market-based projections were 12.4, 12.2 and 15.7 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 13.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Matthew Golden 1.5 points ahead of Malik Nabers on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Matthew Golden and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 41.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 195 yards and a touchdown a game against DET.

Malik Nabers and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 38.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 186 yards and a touchdown a game against HOU.

By points allowed to the position, Matthew Golden has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Matthew Golden played 83 percent of GB snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

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

Through Week 6, Malik Nabers played 77 percent of NYG snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 3 against TEN: 50 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 4 against ARI: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 112 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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.

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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Matthew Golden for Malik Nabers?
Not on these numbers alone. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games) and Malik Nabers 128 (12.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden.
Should I drop Malik Nabers for Matthew Golden?
Not on these numbers alone. Malik Nabers projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.8 a game over 10 games) and Matthew Golden 125 (12.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Malik Nabers over Matthew Golden.