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Matthew Golden injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out

Green Bay Packers · Wide receiver · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)

Checked Oct 21, 2026.

Over his 1 full season on record, Matthew Golden played 14 of 17 regular-season games (82%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.

The Green Bay Packers room absorbs +5.51 receptions, and Savion Williams takes the largest single share at +0.79. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Matthew Golden sitsSavion Williams+0.8WR 53% snapsJayden Reed+0.6WR 3% snapsColeman Owen+0.6WR 0% snapsJ. Michael Sturdivant+0.6WR 14% snapsChristian Watson+0.6WR 81% snapsBo Melton+0.6WR 28% snapsSkyy Moore+0.5WR 36% snapsTucker Kraft+0.1TE 84% snapsJonnu Smith+0.1TE 25% snapsMark Redman+0.1TE 32% snapsPierre Strong+0.1RB 48% snapsMarShawn Lloyd+0.1RB 38% snapsChris Brooks+0.1RB 35% snapsKaleb Johnson+0.1RB 22% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Matthew Golden WR · 83% snaps4.20—OUT
Christian Watson WR · 81% snaps4.405.01+0.61
Tucker Kraft TE · 84% snaps3.904.05+0.15
Pierre Strong RB · 48% snaps3.203.33+0.13
Savion Williams WR · 53% snaps2.102.89+0.79
MarShawn Lloyd RB · 38% snaps1.902.03+0.13
Jayden Reed WR · 3% snaps1.802.44+0.64
Bo Melton WR · 28% snaps1.001.56+0.56
Chris Brooks RB · 35% snaps0.901.03+0.13
Coleman Owen WR · 0% snaps0.801.44+0.64
Jonnu Smith TE · 25% snaps0.700.85+0.15
Skyy Moore WR · 36% snaps0.701.24+0.54
J. Michael Sturdivant WR · 14% snaps0.501.14+0.64
Kaleb Johnson RB · 22% snaps0.300.43+0.13
Mark Redman TE · 32% snaps0.300.45+0.15
Josh Whyle TE · 16% snaps0.100.22+0.12

Injury history

Over his 1 full season on record, Matthew Golden played 14 of 17 regular-season games (82%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.

SeasonTeamPlayedMissedListed outQuestionableInjuries listed
2026GB6 of 6000—
2025GB14 of 17306Shoulder, Wrist, Hip

Regular season only. Games played counts games with at least one offensive snap; designations are from the official weekly injury report, which does not list players on injured reserve, so a long absence shows as missed games rather than as weeks listed out.

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

When a team’s number-one wide receiver does not play, what each position group gains:

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.5841,53711.16
Tight ends+0.1751,0803.33
Backs+0.1131,0112.00

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Matthew Golden’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 7