The read
Matthew Golden has 131.5 PPR points in 8 games (16.4 per game) for the Green Bay Packers. He is the WR7 on the season.
His role is real: he owns a 31% share of his team's targets and 45% of the air yards.
Lately his yards after catch per reception is down: 2.9 recently against 5.7 earlier this season.
The rest of his schedule grades middling: his remaining opponents average rank 20.5 against WRs (rank 1 gives up the most points), with the softest spot in Week 14 against BUF.
Usage
| Snap share | 85% (was 83%) |
| Target share | 31% (was 24%) |
| Carry share | 0% (was 1%) |
| Air yards share | 45% (was 39%) |
| Red-zone target share | 35% (was 32%) |
Recent form against his own earlier-season baseline, same games window the app uses.
This week's matchup
The collision score measures how strongly his usage runs into this defense's weak spots. Higher means the matchup leans his way.
Corner watch vs NE: top corners are banged up — Carlton Davis (Questionable). Worth watching, not a lock either way.
By quarterback
| Passer | Games | Targets | Yards | Target share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Love | 8 | 83 | 624 | 100% |
Sims for his next game
Simulation percentages for his next game, showing the line closest to a coin flip per market. Sims are estimates, not predictions. How they are made: the method page.
Rest of season · Weeks 10–14
Game log
| Wk | Opp | Snap % | Tgt | Air yds | RZ touches | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIN | 82% | 12 | 137 | 2 | 15.5 |
| 2 | NYJ | 86% | 6 | 80 | — | 9.8 |
| 3 | ATL | 82% | 12 | 199 | 1 | 21.0 |
| 4 | TB | 88% | 7 | 89 | 1 | 11.7 |
| 5 | CHI | 77% | 7 | 109 | 3 | 20.3 |
| 6 | DAL | 84% | 13 | 203 | 2 | 22.4 |
| 7 | DET | 85% | 12 | 165 | 2 | 9.9 |
| 8 | CAR | 86% | 13 | 183 | 1 | 20.9 |
Season stats
Rushing
| TDs | 0 |
| Yards | 6 |
| Carries | 1 |
Receiving
| TDs | 4 |
| Yards | 619 |
| Targets | 82 |
| Receptions | 43 |
All splits and stats (8)
| Contested target rate | 29% (was 24%) |
| Drop rate | 13% (was 9%) |
| Screen target share | 5% (was 4%) |
| Target share with motion | 39% (was 60%) |
| Target share without play action | 92% (was 93%) |
| Target share on play action | 8% (was 7%) |
| Yards after catch per reception | 2.9 (was 5.7) |
| Yards per route run | 1.24 (was 1.52) |
The deeper cuts the normal box score never shows: how he is used by formation, coverage, box count, and situation, each against his own earlier-season baseline.
Data: 2026 season, Week 10 board · computed Nov 3, 4:38 PM EST. Stats are computed by OnlySports from play-by-play data (nflverse, CC-BY-SA 4.0).