Green Bay Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden. Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Jordan Love predicts breakout performance for young Packers star

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Sep 18, 2025 4:32 PM ET

The Green Bay Packers will need to spread the ball around in wide receiver Jayden Reed’s absence.

Through the first two games of the season, Packers quarterback Jordan Love and first-round rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden haven’t quite been able to get on the same page or nail down their timing. Love believes that’s about to change.

“There’s definitely gonna be opps for other guys, but definitely M.G.,” Love told reporters.

Jordan Love aiming for explosiveness for Packers

Through two weeks, Golden has caught a pair of passes for 16 yards. But with Reed out and a potentially favorable stretch of games upcoming, the rookie’s role could be about to explode in Love’s target hierarchy.

“We’re right there,” Love told reporters, of missing Golden on a deep ball against the Commanders. “Just missed, not by much out there. Just have to put a little more air on those balls and let them get a chance to gauge it.

“But, I’m always trying to put it out there to give them a chance to get it. It’s a game of inches … ”

Love’s propensity for pushing the ball deep downfield is well-documented; the Packers boast one of the league’s most explosive offenses. If Golden’s game-altering speed becomes a more significant factor, Green Bay will be even more difficult to defend than it has looked through the first two games.

The Packers will face the Cleveland Browns (0-2) in Week 3.

This article first appeared on WI Sports Heroics and was syndicated with permission.

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