Packers first-round draft pick Matthew Golden has checked every box through his first two days in pads. Route running. Hands. Physicality.

It's early in training camp, but Packers rookie Matthew Golden can feel the process starting to slow down as he gets more comfortable.

There are two ways of perceiving what the Green Bay Packers did in the first round of the draft. With Tetairoa McMillan and Emeka Egbuka off the board, general manager Brian Gutekunst still went wide receiver for the first time with his first choice to select Matthew Golden over Luther Burden III—who ended up on the Chicago Bears in the second round.