{"id":58662,"date":"2025-05-31T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=58662"},"modified":"2025-05-31T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:07:16","slug":"packers-rookie-receiver-hype-called-one-of-otas-biggest-overreactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=58662","title":{"rendered":"Packers Rookie Receiver Hype Called One Of OTAs&#8217; &#8216;Biggest Overreactions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-5374890\">\n<header><\/header>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated<time datetime=\"2025-05-31T03:17:58+00:00\"> May 30, 2025 at 11:17pm <\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2211860607_8b24dc-e1748659691649.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2211860607_8b24dc-e1748659691649.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2211860607_8b24dc-e1748659691649.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2211860607_8b24dc-e1748659691649.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Packers Rookie Receiver Hype Called One Of OTAs' 'Biggest Overreactions'\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Texas wide receiver, Matthew Golden, getting drafted by the Green Bay Packers in Wisconsin, April 24, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers faithful were obviously more than thrilled when general manager, Brian Gutekunst, and head coach, Matt LaFleur, decided to spend their first round draft pick on a receiver for the first time in 23 years back in April, selecting speedy wideout, Matthew Golden, out of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with the selection of TCU stud WR, Savion Williams, the Packers now what seems to be both a strong and deep receiver room filled with an abundance of multi-variant talent.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as much of the attention and emphasis has remained on Golden within Green Bay, Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report believes that we should not be too quick to go all in on the young wideout, calling the idea that he will \u201cdominate\u201d as a rookie one of the biggest overreactions of May\u2019s OTAs.<\/p>\n<h2>Packers Media Need To Pump Breaks On Matthew Golden Train<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe first Packers Round 1 wide receiver in about 75 years (<em>OK, it\u2019s actually 23<\/em>) is already taking first-team reps at Green Bay OTAs.\u201d Gagnon writes, \u201cThat\u2019s a decent sign of his abilities out of the gate. After all, the Packers have quite a lot of depth at receiver.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5200534\/element\/1\">\n<p>\u201cRookie first-round pick Golden was smooth in running his routes Wednesday, and looked the part of a first-rounder,\u201d Mark Oldacres of\u00a0Packers Wire wrote on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as Gagnon explains, that does not necessarily imply that he is fully ready to be crowned as the team\u2019s undeniable WR1 before even playing a pre-season snap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNice!\u201d Gagnon notes, \u201cBut again, it\u2019s early and you have to consider that coaches sometimes move guys like that into rotation with the ones simply to get a feel for how they look even if they perceive them to be far from ready. \u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5200534\/element\/3\">\n<p>\u201cI also get the feeling some of the mental lapses that caused problems for Golden in college will make it hard for him to consistently remain ahead of a bunch of semi-experienced and talented receivers on a team that is trying to contend in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Will Golden Be The Packers First Choice Wideout In 2025<\/h2>\n<p>It is most likely that Jayden Reed will take that throne for this upcoming season, at least in Week 1, considering the team already had a meeting with Reed\u2019s manager, Drew Rosenhaus, concerning that exact topic.<\/p>\n<p>Although Reed spoke to the media and noted that this was a false misconception created about the meeting, and that it was just a routine meeting between two parties, as Rosenhaus had just taken over as the former Western Michigan man\u2019s new representative.<\/p>\n<p>With trade rumors surrounding Romeo Doubs this offseason and Christian Watson set to miss more time at the start of the season, it does seem like more or less a two horse race to the be the top dog in Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps they may just spread the ball out once again, having no designated \u201cWR1\u201d, as they look to take advantage of matchups given their depth at both tight end and wide receiver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daniel Arwas Daniel Arwas is a sports writer who covers the NFL for Heavy.com.\u00a0Daniel began his career in sports writing in 2022 and has covered the NFL and college football for Gridiron Heroics\u00a0and\u00a0The Hammer. 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