Packers' Matthew Golden unconcerned about pressure after historic pick: 'I've got something to prove'

No NFL Draft imaginable got to acquisition the archetypal circular rather similar Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden. 

The Texas Longhorns merchandise was among those successful the greenish country down the signifier astatine Lambeau Field this past week, patiently waiting to perceive his sanction called by his adjacent team. Golden waited agelong into the night, but the big squad did thing they had not done since 2002. 

Draft a wide receiver. 

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Matthew Golden speaks astatine a property league aft being selected by the Green Bay Packers arsenic the No. 23 prime successful the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Packers president Mark Murphy had the Green Bay faithful successful a frenzy erstwhile helium announced Golden arsenic the archetypal wide receiver taken by the franchise successful much than 2 decades, and his reception erstwhile helium came retired of the greenish country wearing the Packers chapeau and holding his jersey inactive does not consciousness real. 

"It inactive don’t consciousness existent to me, that’s what’s crazy," helium told Fox News Digital, portion besides discussing his clip astatine the draught with Tide. "Like I said, I’ve been waiting to get my sanction called since I was six, and the mode that it happened for it to beryllium successful Green Bay, for it to beryllium the archetypal receiver since 2002, it meant adjacent much to me. 

"A batch of past down it, and conscionable the mode it happened, I consciousness similar God made it hap similar that for a reason. That’s thing that’s going to instrumentality with maine forever."

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Golden had the Packers fans chanting with him earlier walking disconnected the stage, arsenic emotion for their caller hideout was surely connected afloat display. 

However, Packers fans are besides expecting a batch from him due to the fact that of history. If being a first-rounder was not capable pressure, coming to a squad with a instrumentality basal hopeless for their adjacent apical receiver could be. 

Golden, though, does not look to beryllium feeling that pressure. 

Wide receiver Matthew Golden, right, embraces NFL commissioner Roger Goodell aft the Packers prime him with the 23rd prime during the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft connected Thursday, April 24, 2025 astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (IMAGN)

"Definitely nary pressure, but decidedly cognize I person to travel in, I person to vie and person to lend to this team," helium explained. "That’s thing that I got successful me, that’s the mentality I person coming in. I’ve got thing to prove, and I’m coming successful and assistance america win. Whatever it is the squad needs maine to do, that’s what I’m present to do."

It is simply a crowded wide receivers country successful Green Bay, featuring Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks, among others. All of them person had their names called 1 mode oregon different successful 2024, but nary of them stepped up for Jordan Love arsenic a existent apical receiver. 

That is not ever a atrocious thing, but Packers fans would similar their Davante Adams-, Jordy Nelson-, Donald Driver-type wide receiver who tin emergence supra the rest. Whether that is Golden remains to beryllium seen, but a first-round prime carries that benignant of weight. 

Golden said helium has spoken to Watson and Reed already and could not beryllium much excited to marque his people connected the Packers – successful immoderate relation that whitethorn be. 

NFL draught prospect, Matthew Golden of Texas, signs autographs during the NFL Draft Red Carpet lawsuit astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay connected Thursday, April 24, 2025. (IMAGN)

"They told maine they’re blessed to person maine here, and it’s clip to get to work," Golden said of his conversations with Watson and Reed. "So, conscionable coming successful and play with guys similar that, it’s going to beryllium amazing. A batch of weapons, truthful I’m acceptable to get successful and lend to the crippled with them and proceed to person fun."

What Golden instantly brings to the Packers' discourtesy is much speed, moving a sub-4.30 40-yard dash. But helium is much than conscionable a one-trick pony successful the walk game. 

"My way running. I tin tally immoderate way histrion successful the publication – wrong and out," helium said. "Wherever it is, I tin enactment up successful the backfield, too. Just knowing the crippled truthful good to wherever I tin make separation without moving afloat speed. I recognize it truthful good – a batch of radical deliberation that I don’t tally accelerated connected the field, but I don’t person to tally accelerated to get open. 

"I cognize coming present to this organization, they’re decidedly going to assistance maine a batch with different tools that tin assistance my game. I’m blessed to beryllium here, I’m blessed to beryllium coached by them, and I’m acceptable to get to work." 

Texas Longhorns wide receiver Matthew Golden is selected by the Green Bay Packers arsenic the No. 23 prime successful the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

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Golden is blessed and excited astir wherever his NFL travel volition begin, and helium felt that beardown consciousness of assemblage erstwhile helium took portion successful the "Laundry Day Games" with Tide, alongside erstwhile NFL lineman Anthony "Spice" Adams. 

"It was cool," Golden said astir his enactment with Tide. "Being with Spice, decidedly a comic feline to beryllium around. We played a batch of games, truthful it was a chill acquisition for me. I ever wanted to beryllium successful a commercialized video with Tide, and for that to really hap it was genuinely astonishing for me."

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