Matthew Golden forcing us to reset expectations for his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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It's only been a handful of practices for Matthew Golden, but the way he's being used by the Packers in training camp suggests the expectations have to be raised for what he can do this year. Plus, the two players who can most benefit from the pads coming on this week.

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0:00.0	The first two days of training camp are making me have to recalibrate expectations for first round pick Matthew Golden in 2025.
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1:13.5	We overreacted last week in a lighthearted way.
1:20.1	And then more things have happened.
1:24.6	Now, not a lot more, right?
1:26.2	But they, unlike during the season,
1:28.4	they practiced over the weekend. And I just have gotten to the point already where I have
1:37.3	had to rethink my expectations for Matthew Golden. And part of that is because my expectations were mostly that he would play
1:48.9	the proto Christian Watson role. Think Christian Watson, his rookie season early in the year where
1:54.9	it's a lot of jet sweeps. It's a lot of pre-snap motion where he's just an influence player.
2:00.0	It's a lot of clear-out routes.
2:01.4	And then some design things here or there, but he was not a big part of the offense.
2:04.9	That was a Romeo Dobbs offense.
2:06.4	That was an Alan Lazard offense.
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