Packers' Biggest Reason for Optimism in 2025 Revealed 4 Green Bay Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden is interviewed by the media during rookie minicamp on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers selected Golden with their first round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Packers’ Biggest Reason for Optimism in 2025 Revealed

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Jun 10, 2025 3:24 PM ET

The Matthew Golden Hype Train has left the station for the Green Bay Packers.

Whether it is the notion of Golden’s 4.29 speed adding even more explosiveness to one of the more explosive offenses in the NFL, or the first-round rookie out of Texas boosting quarterback Jordan Love’s MVP chances, optimism is surging for the impact the former University of Texas standout’s impact in 2025.

Matthew Golden: The Green Bay Packers’ Big Hope

Over at Pro Football Focus, analyst Dalton Wasserman suggests Golden is the Packers’ biggest reason for optimism this season.

“Golden is the first wide receiver the Packers selected in the first round since 2002,” Wasserman writes for PFF. “And he should be just what the doctor ordered for their offense. He recorded a nearly perfect 99.6 deep PFF receiving grade at Texas last season.

“Not only should that skillset help Jordan Love, but it should open space for Green Bay’s other weapons underneath. That’s especially important for Love, whose 65.7 intermediate PFF passing grade placed him 35th out of 43 qualified quarterbacks last season.”

Wide receiver Matthew Golden of Texas heads to the stage after being selected as the 23rd overall pick by the Green Bay Packers during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft at Lambeau Field. Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Golden’s speed is tantalizing given the Packers’ scheme and Love’s upside, and the fact that he caught 58 passes for 987 yards and nine touchdowns last season gives him the chance to ascend to the top of Green Bay’s depth chart and Love’s target hierarchy could could immediately boost his impact this season and beyond.

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