When Green bay packers Used their first round choice in 2025 on the Large Receiver of Texas Matthew GoldenIt was the first time in 23 years that the team had used a first round on a player in this position. Since it is the first wide range on which they used a selection in the first round since Javon Walker in 2002, it is not surprising that the packers have very large hopes for what it can bring to the offensive.
“I am delighted to just see his potential on the football field”, Quarterrière Jordan Love said Golden, via athletics. “But just the beginning we had, do routes in the air and things like that, it looks like a stud, looks like a very polite receiver, so I’m delighted to see how it can take it.”
Packers have a crowded wide receiver room, with Jayden Reed,, Romeo Doubs,, Dontayvion Wicks,, Bo Melton And the injured Christian Watson Join the Choice Golden, third round Savion Williams and acquisition of free agent Hardman guy. But the combination of speed and net road orde that Golden brings to the table is unique among the group.
“The speed speaks of itself. Execution of a dashboard of 40 yards, each time you get a 4.2, it’s a flamboyant speed right there, so I’m delighted to see at what speed it is on the ground,” said Love about Golden, who has 30 to 1 to win the offensive recruit of the year of the NFL, Per Fanduel Sportsbook. “I saw all the highlights, all the good things, so we will see once we are going to practice rolling and so much how good it is.”
Head coach Matt Lafleur also refers to speed when we talk about what Golden can bring to the table, and in particular how this speed can help the team’s in-depth game.
“You always want to connect with the quarter-arre when you give him parts, so I billed it and it is like,” guy, sub4.3 … I have to detach from this arm “,” said Lafleur, referring to a call that he and love had after the team selected Golden. “So he can ride, and I said,” Hey, guy, you’re just going to have this ball on time and go out early. “”
LOVE launched Deep (more than 20 yards at the bottom) on 16% of its passing attempts in 2024, according to Tri Media, good for the second highest rate among qualified quarters. But his production on these deep bullets was only average: he ranked 16th as a percentage of completion, in success rate and at the explosive game by abandonment, as well as 14th in EPA per game. All this despite passes capable of the sixth highest rate of the League, once again via Tri Media. It’s just that his receptors have not fallen very often with these capable passes, because 39.7% of his deep captivable passes fell incomplete. This is compared to a 32%league average.
Last season in Texas, Golden ended equally at the eighth in the country with 13 receptions and four affected on throws at least 20 meters below. And he did it despite having seen only 22 field targets below, which makes him even more impressive. If he can get closer to this production to Green Bay, this will greatly help to help the Packers offensive to reach the level he has not achieved despite the high expectations of last season.
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