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Matthew Golden Fantasy Outlook 2026: Green Bay's WR3 With No Clear Path to Targets
Golden played 14 games as a rookie, caught 29 passes for 361 yards, and never found the end zone. The year-two case depends on a target-share jump no Green Bay receiver has managed in three years.
The rookie baseline, in actual numbers
Matthew Golden finished his first season with 70 PPR points across 14 games played, an average of five points per game that ranked 88th among receivers. He caught 29 passes for 361 yards and never scored a touchdown. He played 53% of Green Bay's offensive snaps.
The sportsbooks had posted him at 53 receptions, 675.5 receiving yards, and 4.5 receiving touchdowns going into the season. He delivered 29, 361, and zero. Eleven of his 14 games finished under 10 PPR points. His best week was 13.2 in Week 6 and his worst was a zero in Week 14.
No Green Bay receiver has commanded more than a 21% target share in three years, and Golden would need to nearly double his rookie share just to reach 58 catches.
What the year-two projection is actually buying
The market now has him at 58 receptions, 650 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns for 2026, which would produce roughly 158.0 PPR points if he plays a full season. That projection is slightly below what the sportsbooks thought he would do as a rookie.
Our board ranks him 99 overall and WR48 at his position, 3 spots behind ESPN's 102 and 28 spots behind his 127.1 ADP. Our value model rates him even with low confidence, which means the posted market is too thin to call a clear edge either way.
The optimism for Golden rests on draft capital — Green Bay spent a second-round pick on him — and a pair of playoff games where he saw increased usage. The pessimism rests on the actual season he just played, where the targets never materialized.