Start Matthew Golden or Rashee Rice? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Rashee Rice over Matthew Golden in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Rashee Rice at 12.3 points and Matthew Golden at 14.5, a gap of 2.2. Rashee Rice still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 19 against 108, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Rashee Rice this week yet, so his 12.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (11.3 and 13.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Rashee Rice yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 13.3 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 12.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 0.4 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Matthew Golden 2.2 points ahead of Rashee Rice on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Rashee Rice and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Rashee Rice has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Rashee Rice is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice played 61 percent of KC snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashee Rice, Week 3 against MIA: 40 of 52 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 4 against LV: 6 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 8 against DEN: 39 of 69 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashee Rice, Week 9 against NYJ: 38 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 49 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, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Matthew Golden.
• Start Christian Watson over Matthew Golden.
• Start DJ Moore over Matthew Golden.
• Start Rashee Rice over Carnell Tate.
• Start Rashee Rice over Christian Watson.
• Start Rashee Rice over DJ Moore.