The drops Matthew Golden had against the Dallas Cowboys didn’t shake the Green Bay Packers’ confidence in him one bit.
That’s the message coming out of Green Bay after Sunday Night Football, where the second-year wideout still put together a productive night even while leaving more on the field than he wanted. Golden caught six passes for 104 yards, but he also had a couple chances slip away, and he made no secret afterward that he wanted more.
Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich addressed the issue on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and he made it clear the Packers aren’t treating those miscues like a real concern. Stenavich said, "I'm not concerned because I know what kind of player he is," and that lines up with how Green Bay has viewed Golden throughout his early run with the team.
Golden’s rise has been obvious this season. After a rookie year in which he finished with 361 yards and didn’t score his first touchdown until the playoffs, the 23-year-old has taken a major step forward in Year 2. He has already topped 500 receiving yards and has three touchdowns, giving Jordan Love another reliable target in the passing game.
The trust between quarterback and receiver showed up against Dallas, too. Golden told Love to keep trusting him, and Love did exactly that, throwing his way a career-high 13 targets.
Green Bay’s belief in Golden also comes from what they saw before the season started. ESPN’s Rob Demovsky noted that Golden had “barely dropped any passes” in his last two training camps, and that track record clearly matters to the coaching staff now that a rough night has shown up on the stat sheet.
Stenavich also echoed the kind of self-correction Golden voiced after the game, using the words, "You just gotta trust yourself," a line Golden repeated in his own postgame reaction on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Golden’s college résumé helped set the stage for this breakout. He finished his time at Texas just 25 yards short of 2,000 receiving yards and posted double-digit yards per catch in all three of his seasons in Austin.
On the season, Golden’s 501 receiving yards rank sixth in the league. He sits 37 yards behind Christian Watson among Packers receivers, while Jackson Smith-Njigba leads the NFL with 717.
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