Matthew Golden
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Box score by season
| Season | Team | G | Rush | Rush yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | vs ESPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GB | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 30 | 501 | 3 | ✓ matches |
| 2025 | GB | 14 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 44 | 29 | 361 | 0 | ✓ matches |
| 2025 playoffs | GB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 1 |
Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.
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Targets
57
qualifying bar 11
EPA/play
+0.247
79th of 192 · lg +0.194
Success rate
45.6%
128th of 192 · lg 49.6%
Yards/play
8.79
52nd of 192 · lg 7.35
Explosive rate
15.8%
34th of 192 · lg 9.0%
Catch rate
52.6%
167th of 192 · lg 67.2%
Air yards/att
14.3
22nd of 192 · lg 8.0
Turnover rate
3.5%
132nd of 192 · lg 2.6%
TD rate
5.3%
79th of 192 · lg 4.8%
Notable in 2026
His biggest gaps between one situation and the rest of his plays, beyond the league's own gap there (|z| ≥ 2.5). Many splits get checked, so some of these are luck; the badge says whether that kind of split repeats year to year.
- +0.78 EPA/target against a four-man rush vs -0.67 the rest of the time (29 vs 15; league gap +0.02; z +2.9) mostly noise · r 0.12
- +0.78 EPA/target when not blitzed vs -0.67 otherwise (29 vs 15; league gap +0.03; z +2.9) mostly noise · r 0.08
Every split
EPA per target in each situation, the league in the same situation, and his rank among qualified players with at least 12 targets there (1 = best). "Repeats" is how much that split's player-to-player differences carry from one season to the next (2016–25); near zero means it describes the past and predicts little. Click a situation to filter all his numbers to it.
| Situation | Targets | EPA/play | Success | Yds/play | League EPA | Rank | Repeats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home / away Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Home | 32 | +0.427 | 47% | 10.2 | +0.199 | 28/84 | -0.02 |
| Away | 25 | +0.016 | 44% | 7.0 | +0.194 | 56/83 | -0.03 |
| Neutral site | 0 | — | — | — | +0.154 | — | — |
| Rest days Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Short week (≤5 days) | 12 | +0.385 | 42% | 8.3 | +0.273 | 4/4 | 0.19 |
| Normal (6–8 days) | 26 | +0.397 | 50% | 11.0 | +0.181 | 39/144 | -0.01 |
| Extra rest (9–12 days) | 7 | -0.236 | 43% | 3.0 | +0.245 | — | 0.21 |
| Off a bye (13+ days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.221 | — | — |
| Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Indoors | 12 | +0.063 | 42% | 7.9 | +0.224 | 30/43 | 0.05 |
| Outdoors | 45 | +0.296 | 47% | 9.0 | +0.182 | 52/136 | 0.05 |
| Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 60–79°F | 18 | +0.328 | 44% | 8.8 | +0.210 | 22/55 | -0.02 |
| 80°F+ | 7 | -0.236 | 43% | 3.0 | +0.213 | — | 0.01 |
| Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 0–9 mph | 25 | +0.170 | 44% | 7.2 | +0.215 | 33/57 | -0.09 |
| 10–14 mph | 0 | — | — | — | +0.200 | — | 0.05 |
| Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Dry | 39 | +0.308 | 46% | 8.9 | +0.190 | 46/115 | 0.03 |
| Rain or snow | 6 | +0.216 | 50% | 9.7 | +0.105 | — | 0.03 |
| Score Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Trailing 9+ | 14 | +0.474 | 57% | 8.5 | +0.194 | 8/21 | -0.01 |
| Trailing 1–8 | 1 | -1.059 | 0% | 0.0 | +0.179 | — | 0.07 |
| Tied | 13 | +0.635 | 46% | 9.1 | +0.213 | 3/19 | 0.02 |
| Leading 1–8 | 11 | -0.517 | 36% | 6.5 | +0.159 | — | -0.03 |
| Leading 9+ | 18 | +0.329 | 44% | 10.7 | +0.278 | 2/3 | -0.05 |
| Win probability Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Win prob under 20% | 11 | +0.461 | 55% | 9.0 | +0.185 | — | -0.05 |
| Win prob 20–80% | 22 | +0.571 | 50% | 8.4 | +0.191 | 27/130 | -0.02 |
| Win prob over 80% | 24 | -0.149 | 38% | 9.1 | +0.226 | 5/7 | 0.09 |
| Quarter Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Q1 | 11 | +0.211 | 45% | 9.6 | +0.150 | — | 0.04 |
| Q2 | 11 | +0.143 | 27% | 3.6 | +0.189 | — | -0.01 |
| Q3 | 14 | +0.151 | 57% | 7.9 | +0.189 | 11/15 | -0.01 |
| Q4 | 20 | +0.472 | 50% | 11.6 | +0.229 | 13/31 | -0.03 |
| OT | 1 | -1.384 | 0% | 14.0 | +0.439 | — | — |
| Two-minute Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Last 2 min of half | 9 | +0.157 | 44% | 6.3 | +0.133 | — | 0.10 |
| Rest of game | 48 | +0.264 | 46% | 9.2 | +0.206 | 71/155 | 0.10 |
| Down Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1st down | 14 | +0.013 | 36% | 10.4 | +0.229 | 46/56 | 0.00 |
| 2nd down | 20 | +0.433 | 60% | 10.1 | +0.185 | 17/47 | 0.02 |
| 3rd down | 22 | +0.058 | 36% | 6.9 | +0.138 | 23/38 | -0.02 |
| 4th down | 1 | +3.927 | 100% | 2.0 | +0.430 | — | — |
| 3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3rd & 1–3 | 5 | +0.187 | 60% | 6.6 | +0.162 | — | — |
| 3rd & 4–6 | 7 | +0.290 | 43% | 6.0 | +0.255 | — | -0.27 |
| 3rd & 7+ | 10 | -0.168 | 20% | 7.7 | +0.072 | — | 0.02 |
| Field position Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| Own 20 and in | 6 | +1.341 | 67% | 19.3 | +0.142 | — | -0.04 |
| Own 50–21 | 21 | +0.226 | 52% | 9.1 | +0.169 | 44/84 | 0.04 |
| Opp 21–49 | 19 | -0.352 | 26% | 6.8 | +0.226 | 40/41 | 0.06 |
| Red zone (opp 20 in) | 11 | +0.723 | 55% | 5.9 | +0.248 | — | 0.05 |
| Formation Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Shotgun | 47 | +0.118 | 40% | 7.1 | +0.177 | 91/156 | -0.02 |
| Under center | 10 | +0.850 | 70% | 16.9 | +0.264 | — | -0.02 |
| Tempo Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Huddle | 48 | +0.254 | 46% | 8.9 | +0.196 | 77/171 | -0.00 |
| No huddle | 9 | +0.208 | 44% | 8.4 | +0.179 | — | -0.00 |
| Yards to go Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1–3 to go | 6 | +0.810 | 67% | 5.8 | +0.228 | — | 0.05 |
| 4–6 to go | 10 | +0.170 | 40% | 4.9 | +0.269 | — | 0.02 |
| 7–10 to go | 27 | +0.373 | 48% | 10.2 | +0.204 | 40/113 | 0.03 |
| 11+ to go | 14 | -0.184 | 36% | 10.1 | +0.072 | 2/3 | -0.07 |
| Pass depth Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Behind the line | 3 | +0.503 | 67% | 8.3 | -0.214 | — | 0.15 |
| Short (0–9) | 23 | +0.315 | 52% | 6.7 | +0.173 | 29/90 | 0.09 |
| Intermediate (10–19) | 16 | -0.069 | 44% | 8.0 | +0.428 | 24/26 | 0.07 |
| Deep (20+) | 15 | +0.427 | 33% | 12.9 | +0.462 | 3/5 | 0.01 |
| Pass direction Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Left | 22 | -0.217 | 36% | 7.0 | +0.141 | 57/64 | 0.04 |
| Middle | 10 | +0.888 | 60% | 13.8 | +0.330 | — | -0.02 |
| Right | 25 | +0.398 | 48% | 8.4 | +0.173 | 19/71 | 0.03 |
| Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Play action | 3 | +2.111 | 100% | 33.0 | +0.279 | — | -0.03 |
| No play action | 41 | +0.153 | 44% | 7.3 | +0.186 | 72/131 | -0.03 |
| In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| In pocket | 41 | +0.285 | 46% | 9.1 | +0.207 | 63/146 | -0.05 |
| Out of pocket | 3 | +0.301 | 67% | 8.3 | +0.209 | — | -0.05 |
| Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Blitzed | 15 | -0.674 | 27% | 4.7 | +0.184 | 23/25 | 0.08 |
| No blitz | 29 | +0.783 | 59% | 11.3 | +0.217 | 8/124 | 0.08 |
| Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3 or fewer rushers | 0 | — | — | — | +0.274 | — | — |
| 4 rushers | 29 | +0.783 | 59% | 11.3 | +0.215 | 5/114 | 0.12 |
| 5 rushers | 12 | -0.624 | 33% | 4.8 | +0.203 | 10/10 | 0.15 |
| 6+ rushers | 3 | -0.874 | 0% | 4.0 | +0.136 | — | — |
| Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Light box (6 or fewer) | 24 | +0.352 | 46% | 8.3 | +0.182 | 43/112 | -0.04 |
| 7 in the box | 14 | -0.115 | 50% | 7.4 | +0.239 | 17/18 | -0.05 |
| Stacked box (8+) | 6 | +0.960 | 50% | 15.5 | +0.324 | — | — |
| Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Screen | 2 | +0.019 | 50% | 6.5 | -0.098 | — | 0.50 |
| Not a screen | 42 | +0.299 | 48% | 9.1 | +0.239 | 70/149 | 0.50 |
| Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Motion | 26 | +0.441 | 50% | 11.2 | +0.240 | 35/92 | 0.10 |
| No motion | 18 | +0.063 | 44% | 5.9 | +0.166 | 42/57 | 0.10 |
| RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| RPO | 1 | +0.518 | 100% | 6.0 | -0.103 | — | — |
| Not an RPO | 43 | +0.281 | 47% | 9.1 | +0.214 | 68/163 | — |
By season
| Season | Team | Targets | EPA/play | Total EPA | Success | Yds/play | Catch rate | aDOT | YAC/catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GB | 57 | +0.247 | +14.1 | 45.6% | 8.79 | 52.6% | 14.3 | 5.7 |
Definitions. QB plays are dropbacks: passes, sacks and scrambles (spikes left out). QB EPA doesn't charge the passer for a receiver's fumble after the catch. Rushing is designed runs only; receiving is EPA per target. EPA is about ±1.4 points a play, so a split of 50 plays carries roughly ±0.2 of luck.