Start Matthew Golden or Zay Flowers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Zay Flowers over Matthew Golden in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 13.5 points and Matthew Golden at 14.0, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 24 and Matthew Golden at 108.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.0 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 66 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Zay Flowers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 59 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Matthew Golden 0.5 points ahead of Zay Flowers on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Matthew Golden and GB host DAL on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Zay Flowers and BAL visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Zay Flowers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden played 83 percent of GB snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 38 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 2 against NYJ: 51 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

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.

Through Week 5, Zay Flowers played 55 percent of BAL snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Zay Flowers, Week 1 against IND: 20 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 150 yards, 1 touchdown.

Zay Flowers, Week 3 against DAL: 21 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 84 yards.

Zay Flowers, Week 4 against TEN: 47 of 64 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 118 yards, 1 touchdown.

Zay Flowers, Week 5 against ATL: 62 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 53 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, Zay Flowers played 17 games for BAL and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.

He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 753 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Matthew Golden over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Matthew Golden over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Matthew Golden.
• Start Zay Flowers over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers.
• Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers.