The Green Bay Packers are taking things slowly with Matthew Golden.
However, that doesn’t mean they’re not getting him involved.
If anything, they’ve gotten him going more and more by the week.
As pointed out by the team after the game, he just had the best game of his young career:
“Rookie receiver Matthew Golden established new career highs in both receiving yards (86) and yards from scrimmage (102) in the win over the Bengals. And the Packers needed every yard. All five of Golden’s touches produced first downs while both of his explosive plays came on third down – a 35-yard catch over Cam Taylor-Britt in the second quarter and a key 31-yard reception on a deep crosser in the fourth. The latter came on a pivotal third-and-8 from Green Bay’s 40-yard line and helped position the Packers for a 39-yard Lucas Havrisik field goal that gave Green Bay a two-score lead with less than two minutes left,” Hodkiewicz wrote.
Matt LaFleur clearly made a point of finding more ways to get him involved in the offense during the bye week.
He found him early and often in the win over the Cincinnati Bengals, and he looks like he’s finally getting his legs back under him and getting used to the speed of the professional game.
The rookie out of Texas had been a bit of a mixed bag in his first couple of games.
The potential was clearly there, but there were also some rookie-like blunders.
More than that, given the team’s plethora of pass-catchers, they didn’t need to force-feed him or get him going right out of the gate.
They’re doing the right thing with their first-round selection.
He’s getting settled in nicely on the offense.
Golden is projected to take the reins as the team’s primary pass-catcher at one point in the near future.
The Packers, however, will be wise to spread the wealth.
Christian Watson will return soon, Jayden Reed will also be back at some point in the season, and they also have stars like Romeo Doubs and Tucker Kraft.
That’s the best problem any head coach and quarterback could have, though.
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