NFL Draft analysts can't agree on Matthew Golden's ceiling, and the debate over his Packers future is just getting started

Joe DeLeone thinks, excluding two-way player Travis Hunter from the consideration, Matthew Golden was the best wide receiver prospect of the 2025 class due to his route-running ability and strong hands. Those were ultimately the reasons why the Packers took him.

Meanwhile, Ryan Roberts thinks Golden has a limited ceiling. The analyst sees a high-floor player who can be a productive complementary piece for an offense, but he would like a player with more chances of becoming a true elite weapon in the first round.

In terms of physical traits, Burden would have been a more Packers-y style of selection—especially because the offense theoretically needed an X receiver. Golden is shorter, and even though the Packers intend to use him outside, he's more of a Z receiver who will have to play opposite Romeo Doubs in 2025.

This wasn't a big concern for the front office, though. Gutekunst thinks that getting a talented player on the roster is enough, and head coach Matt LaFleur will do the rest.

"With the way Matt (LaFleur) and his staff are able to be creative and use these guys, that gives me a lot of flexibility with what I'm looking at too," Gutekunst said right after the first round. "They do such a good job of scheming some of these guys up, and using them to their best ability. It does make it easier for me. So we don't feel like we have to do this, or we have to do that. Matt and his staff will find a way to make these guys productive and fit them into what they're trying to do. The guys on our offensive staff are pretty fired up right now."

Now, it's prove-it time for Matthew Golden. If he can become a true number one weapon for the Packers, the ceiling of the entire offseason gets much higher.

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