Start Matthew Golden or Tee Higgins? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tee Higgins over Matthew Golden in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 17.0 points and Matthew Golden at 14.5, a gap of 2.5. 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 Tee Higgins at ADP 37 and Matthew Golden at 108.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 77 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (10, 8 and 11 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 Tee Higgins 2.5 points ahead of Matthew Golden on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Tee Higgins and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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, Tee Higgins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Tee Higgins played 78 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 39 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 45 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 148 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tee Higgins, Week 8 against TEN: 65 of 74 snaps, 11 targets and 10 catches for 155 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tee Higgins, Week 9 against ATL: 39 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 32 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Tee Higgins played 15 games for CIN and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 680 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 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 Tee Higgins.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Matthew Golden.
• Start Christian Watson over Matthew Golden.
• Start DJ Moore over Matthew Golden.