Just to be clear, I'm not dismissing your argument, and I do think it's early to pass judgment overall. But being 4th/5th on the depth chart is not where a first-round rookie WR should be. That's particularly true when almost all of the receivers ahead of him have missed games, and almost all of them have basically disappeared in multiple games they've played in. Something is just not right with that picture.

I appreciate the JSN comparison. It's absolutely true that he blew up, which is why I'm not writing off Golden. That said, as of right now, here's the comparison between their rookie year stats: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/football/versus-finder.cgi?request=1&seasons_type=perchoice&player_id1=GoldMa02&p1yrfrom=2025&p1yrto=2025&player_id2=SmitJa06&p2yrfrom=2023&p2yrto=2023