The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast on Matthew Golden

Podcast1136: Mailbag - Kyren Williams' Targets, X Receivers, and MoreOctober 2, 2026

From the episode

Matthew Golden...he underperformed by 8 PPR points. And I looked at his peripherals and I said, okay wow. These peripherals are actually pretty good. If this maintains even at an 80% rate, he's going to be a really good asset in fantasy football. And the market is not recognizing that right now. And so I took a chance and I said that Matthew Golden was a buy.

Mentioned at 0:59 – 2:05

STACKED’s take

Positive signalSleeper

Golden's strong peripherals despite week-one underperformance make him a buy at current market price.

Matthew Golden underperformed his expected points by 8 PPR in week one, but JJ Zachariason identified strong peripherals and determined that if they maintain at even an 80% rate, Golden would be a really good fantasy asset. The market was not recognizing this value, leading Zachariason to call Golden a buy despite the small sample size.