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Matthew Golden

Age 23 · 5'11" · 195 lb · Texas; Houston · Pick 23 overall (2025). Snap share 53% across 14 games.

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Targets

3.1 per game

T-86th of 146

Receptions

66% catch rate

T-84th of 146

Yards

361

26 per game

78th of 146

Touchdowns

16 first downs

T-123rd of 146

Target share

12%

19% of air yards

83rd of 146

aDOT

12.5

air yards per target

51st of 146

EPA / target

+0.38

+16.8 total

40th of 146

YAC / catch

3.5

101 after the catch

81st of 146

The short version

How goodGolden's +16.8 EPA is 51st of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+18.6, 59th percentile per target).
Fantasy2.9 standard points a game, WR84 of 170.4.0 half-PPR points a game, WR84 of 170.5.0 PPR points a game, WR83 of 170.
How he's usedMatthew is a downfield target: 29% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 17% for the league's receivers.
LatelyTargets are steady: 2.3 a game over his last three against 3.1 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
Target shareof team targets	12%	83rd of 146	43rd
Depth of targetair yards per target	12.5	51st of 146	65th
After the catchyards per reception	3.5	81st of 146	45th
Catch ratereceptions per target	66%	50th of 146	66th
EPA per target	+0.38	40th of 146	73rd

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	36%	78th of 146	46th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	2%	42nd of 146	72nd
Yards per game	25.8	80th of 146	46th
Success rate	52%	59th of 146	60th
Total EPA	+16.8	51st of 146	65th

How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Golden scores 2.9 standard points a game, WR84 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.6 and 5.7; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 10 busts (under 5).

Points a game2.9WR84 of 170

Season41.0WR91 · 14 games

Most weeks0.6–5.7his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 1012+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.9147×10××13161922

Golden scores 4.0 half-PPR points a game, WR84 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.4 and 7.4; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 10 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game4.0WR84 of 170

Season55.5WR89 · 14 games

Most weeks1.4–7.4his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 1016+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.1147×10××13161922

Golden scores 5.0 PPR points a game, WR83 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.7 and 9.1; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 10 busts (under 8).

Points a game5.0WR83 of 170

Season70.0WR88 · 14 games

Most weeks1.7–9.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 1020+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.2147×10××13161922

How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the WR24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 146 wide receivers

Matthew is a downfield target: 29% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 17% for the league's receivers. The screen game runs through him: 12% of his targets are screens (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 10%: on third down it holds at 9%; inside the 20 it falls to 3%.

DownfieldDeep share 29% · 88th pctlScreen gameScreens 12% · 83rd pctlNot the red-zone option3% inside the 20 · 10% overall

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

29%

88th

Screensshare of his targets

12%

83rd

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

18%

41st

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

32%

57th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

37th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

11th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

49%

35th

Play actiontargets off play action

14%

29th

How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Game logall 22 weeks

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Snap	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
1	vs DET W 27-1322nd D	22nd vs WR	48%	2	2	16		+2.1
2	vs WAS W 27-1828th D	28th vs WR	59%	2	0	0		-3.5
3	at CLE L 10-138th D	8th vs WR	71%	4	4	52		+3.9
4	at DAL T 40-4032nd D	32nd vs WR	59%	6	5	58		+8.1
5	Bye week
6	vs CIN W 27-1818th D	18th vs WR	69%	5	3	86		+6.6
7	at ARI W 27-2319th D	19th vs WR	73%	4	4	37		+5.3
8	at PIT W 35-2521st D	21st vs WR	66%	3	3	4		-1.3
9	vs CAR L 13-1613th D	13th vs WR	37%	3	2	9		-2.0
10	vs PHI L 7-10Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
11	at NYG W 27-2020th D	20th vs WR	35%	3	1	24		+0.3
12	vs MIN W 23-6Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
13	at DET W 31-24Did not play · Questionable (wrist)
14	vs CHI W 28-2123rd D	23rd vs WR	9%	1	0	0		-4.5
15	at DEN L 26-347th D	7th vs WR	35%	4	3	55		+4.1
16	at CHI L 16-2223rd D	23rd vs WR	31%	1	0	0		-0.6
17	vs BAL L 24-4124th D	24th vs WR	53%	3	1	12		-1.3
18	at MIN L 3-1616th D	16th vs WR	100%	3	1	8		-0.4
19	at CHI L 27-31Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	14 games		53%	44	29	361	0	+16.8

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D	Drops
1	vs DET W 27-1322nd D	22nd vs WR	9%	4%	5.0	6	+1.05	1
2	vs WAS W 27-1828th D	28th vs WR	7%	20%	40.5	0	-1.75	0
3	at CLE L 10-138th D	8th vs WR	16%	71%	8.5	18	+0.97	1
4	at DAL T 40-4032nd D	32nd vs WR	17%	25%	10.7	10	+1.36	2
5	Bye week
6	vs CIN W 27-1818th D	18th vs WR	19%	36%	17.6	18	+1.31	3
7	at ARI W 27-2319th D	19th vs WR	14%	7%	3.5	23	+1.34	3
8	at PIT W 35-2521st D	21st vs WR	9%	1%	0.7	2	-0.44	1
9	vs CAR L 13-1613th D	13th vs WR	9%	14%	15.7	9	-0.67	0
10	vs PHI L 7-10Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
11	at NYG W 27-2020th D	20th vs WR	12%	22%	21.3	0	+0.09	1
12	vs MIN W 23-6Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
13	at DET W 31-24Did not play · Questionable (wrist)
14	vs CHI W 28-2123rd D	23rd vs WR	4%	5%	16.0	0	-4.47	0
15	at DEN L 26-347th D	7th vs WR	11%	15%	17.3	6	+1.02	3
16	at CHI L 16-2223rd D	23rd vs WR	4%	-2%	-3.0	0	-0.63	0
17	vs BAL L 24-4124th D	24th vs WR	12%	20%	19.0	1	-0.42	0
18	at MIN L 3-1616th D	16th vs WR	30%	33%	3.0	8	-0.12	1	1
19	at CHI L 27-31Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	14 games		12%	19%	12.5	101	+0.38	16	1

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	vs DET W 27-1322nd D	22nd vs WR	2	16	8.0
2	vs WAS W 27-1828th D	28th vs WR	0	0	-
3	at CLE L 10-138th D	8th vs WR	4	52	13.0		1
4	at DAL T 40-4032nd D	32nd vs WR	5	58	11.6		1
5	Bye week
6	vs CIN W 27-1818th D	18th vs WR	3	86	28.7		3
7	at ARI W 27-2319th D	19th vs WR	4	37	9.3
8	at PIT W 35-2521st D	21st vs WR	3	4	1.3
9	vs CAR L 13-1613th D	13th vs WR	2	9	4.5
10	vs PHI L 7-10Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
11	at NYG W 27-2020th D	20th vs WR	1	24	24.0		1
12	vs MIN W 23-6Did not play · Questionable (shoulder)
13	at DET W 31-24Did not play · Questionable (wrist)
14	vs CHI W 28-2123rd D	23rd vs WR	0	0	-
15	at DEN L 26-347th D	7th vs WR	3	55	18.3		1
16	at CHI L 16-2223rd D	23rd vs WR	0	0	-
17	vs BAL L 24-4124th D	24th vs WR	1	12	12.0
18	at MIN L 3-1616th D	16th vs WR	1	8	8.0
19	at CHI L 27-31Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	14 games		29	361	12.4	0	7

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs WR14 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 30th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 19.6 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

VS DET22vs WR

VS WAS28vs WR

AT CLE8vs WR

AT DAL32vs WR

WK 5—bye

VS CIN18vs WR

AT ARI19vs WR

AT PIT21vs WR

VS CAR13vs WR

VS PHI5vs WR

AT NYG20vs WR

VS MIN16vs WR

AT DET22vs WR

VS CHI23vs WR

AT DEN7vs WR

AT CHI23vs WR

VS BAL24vs WR

AT MIN16vs WR

AT CHI23vs WR

WK 20—bye

WK 21—bye

WK 22—bye

Top 10, tough11 to 2223 to 32, softNumber is the defense's rank vs WR, season to date. Dashed cells are still to play; the red outline is this week.

His line by defense faced

Defenses	G	Tgt/g	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses	2	4.0	54	+0.99
11 to 22Middle	7	3.3	26	+0.46
23 to 32Bottom-10	5	2.6	14	-0.13
All games	14	3.1	26	+0.38

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.29); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season1 season

14Games

44Targets

29Receptions

361Yards

0TD

2025 to 2025 · 1 season · 1 team

First season: 14 games in, 361 receiving yards, a 17-game pace of 438.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2025	GB	14	44	29	361	0	12.4	25.8	+0.38
Career	1 tm	14	44	29	361	0	12.4	25.8	+0.38

How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 22

Depth chart: not listed
Injury report: clean
Red zone touches: …
Third down: …
Explosive plays: …
Drops: 1 on 44 targets
Broken tackles: 1
Passer rating when targeted: 79.4
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Josh JacobsRB	278	1211 · 14 TD	-3.0
Emanuel WilsonRB	142	595 · 3 TD	-6.7
Romeo DoubsWR	85	724 · 6 TD	+34.6
Christian WatsonWR	56	614 · 6 TD	+32.1
Jordan LoveQB	47	199	+12.3
Dontayvion WicksWR	47	338 · 2 TD	+14.7
Tucker KraftTE	45	492 · 6 TD	+38.4
Chris BrooksRB	44	197	-6.0

Matthew Golden

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

0Matthew Golden

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

Matthew Golden