Start Matthew Golden or Xavier Worthy? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Matthew Golden over Xavier Worthy in Week 1.

Matthew Golden is priced by the books at 6.9 projected points. Xavier Worthy has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Matthew Golden at ADP 104 and Xavier Worthy at 107. Market coverage on Matthew Golden is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Xavier Worthy in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

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

MIN allowed 55.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 272 yards and 2 touchdowns against MIN.

Xavier Worthy and KC host DEN.

DEN allowed 14.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against DEN.

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

Injury status

Matthew Golden was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Xavier Worthy was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

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

Matthew Golden, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.4 PPR points.

In 2025, Xavier Worthy played 14 games for KC and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 339 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 34 of 43 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 PPR points.

Xavier Worthy, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 38 of 45 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Xavier Worthy, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 41 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 5.5 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Matthew Golden scored 15.5 PPR points and Xavier Worthy scored 4.8.

The call was right: Matthew Golden outscored Xavier Worthy by 10.7.

Matthew Golden finished 8.6 points above the 6.9 the props implied.

Matthew Golden, Week 1 against MIN: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 95 yards, 15.5 PPR points.

Matthew Golden finished as the week's WR17 in PPR scoring.

Xavier Worthy, Week 1 against DEN: 53 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Xavier Worthy finished as the week's WR73 in PPR scoring.

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