The Green Bay Packers snapped a long streak of avoiding wide receivers in the first round of the NFL draft, making the selection of Texas wideout Matthew Golden with the 23rd pick April 24. Even Packers president Mark Murphy acknowledged that it's been a while — since 2002,

The Green Bay Packers drafted Matthew Golden, a dynamic wide receiver in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The Packers now start Day 2 of the draft with the 54th and 87th overall picks. Let's take a look at my Packers big board to start the day.

Matthew Golden was well aware that the Green Bay Packers hadn’t selected a wide receiver in the first round since 2002. But that didn’t shake his confidence.