Packers’ Matthew Golden unconcerned about pressure after historic pick: ‘I’ve got something to prove’
No NFL Draft prospect got to experience the first round quite like Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden.
The Texas Longhorns product was among those in the green room behind the stage at Lambeau Field this past week, patiently waiting to hear his name called by his next team. Golden waited long into the night, but the host team did something they had not done since 2002.
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Packers president Mark Murphy had the Green Bay faithful in a frenzy when he announced Golden as the first wide receiver taken by the franchise in more than two decades, and his reception when he came out of the green room wearing the Packers hat and holding his jersey still does not feel real.
“It still don’t feel real to me, that’s what’s crazy,” he told Fox News Digital, while also discussing his time at the draft with Tide. “Like I said, I’ve been waiting to get my name called since I was six, and the way that it happened for it to be in Green Bay, for it to be the first receiver since 2002, it meant even more to me.
“A lot of history behind it, and just the way it happened, I feel like God made it happen like that for a reason. That’s something that’s going to stick with me forever.”
Golden had the Packers fans chanting with him before walking off the stage, as love for their new hideout was certainly on full display.
However, Packers fans are also expecting a lot from him because of history. If being a first-rounder was not enough pressure, coming to a team with a fan base desperate for their next top receiver could be.
Golden, though, does not seem to be feeling that pressure.
“Definitely no pressure, but definitely know I have to come in, I have to compete and have to contribute to this team,” he explained. “That’s something that I got in me, that’s the mentality I have coming in. I’ve got something to prove, and I’m coming in and help us win. Whatever it is the team needs me to do, that’s what I’m here to do.”
