Start Stefon Diggs or Matthew Golden? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Stefon Diggs over Matthew Golden in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Stefon Diggs at 11.4 points and Matthew Golden at 9.4, a gap of 1.9. Drafters take Stefon Diggs at ADP 99 and Matthew Golden at 104.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Stefon Diggs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Stefon Diggs 1.9 points ahead of Matthew Golden on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Stefon Diggs and WAS visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 22.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and no touchdowns against DAL.

Matthew Golden and GB visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 24.4 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 94 yards and a touchdown against NYJ.

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

Injury status

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Stefon Diggs played 63 percent of WAS snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 1 against PHI: 44 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Matthew Golden played 82 percent of GB snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 1 against MIN: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 95 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 3 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards, 7.3 PPR points.

Stefon Diggs, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 34 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.1 PPR points.

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.

Matthew Golden, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 25 of 47 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Stefon Diggs over Jordan Addison.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Josh Downs.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Matthew Golden over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Matthew Golden over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Matthew Golden over Jordan Addison.