Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment
As of week 7, Matthew Golden was a WR for GB, age 23.1, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 83% of snaps; his line was 83.5 receiving yards a game, 9.5 targets a game and a 25.8% target share (Alpha receiver by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 15 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 5 episodes (achilles 1, ankle 1, hip 1); the last was an achilles injury in 2025 week 19.
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In short
Matthew Golden is a starter at punt returner for GB — 88% of the snaps in his best week of 6. This week he practised limited every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“No pair of teammates has combined for more receiving yards than Christian Watson and Matthew Golden to this point in the season”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-20
2
“Matthew Golden (shoulder)”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-21
3
“Matthew Golden (shoulder), Jordon Riley (IR/Achilles), Benjamin St-Juste (hamstring), Lukas Van Ness (illness), Christian Watson (ankle) and Savion Williams (ankle) were limited participants in practice.”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-22
4
“Bo Melton (back) did not participate.”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-22
5
“Cisse is the only player in the group who dropped out against the Cowboys and did not return to action. Banks, Riley and St-Juste never suited up in the game to begin with.”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-21
We have made a call on him this week
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
LPdated Fri Oct 23
LPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: steady. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game84 range 21–123
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Targets / game9.5 range 6.0–13
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Target share25.8% range 21–33
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Snap share83.2% range 77–88
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
82%wk 1
86%wk 2
82%wk 3
88%wk 4
77%wk 5
84%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 19
achilles
1
—
2025 · wk 13
wrist
4
Questionable
2025 · wk 8
hip
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 7
shoulder
4
Questionable
2025 · wk 2
ankle
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 12 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×2
2025
wrist · 4whip · 1wshoulder · 4wankle · 1w
2026
shoulder · 1w
Weeks 1–18
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 7locked
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Zaire Franklin
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Micah Parsons
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jordon Riley
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Luke Musgrave
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Collin Oliver
LB
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.