The Green Bay Packers ruffled some feathers on the roster when they took Matthew Golden with the No. 23 pick in the draft. It was the first time the Packers took a receiver in the first round in 23 seasons, when they selected Javon Walker in 2022.
Wide receiver was suggested to be an area of need for Green Bay, especially with Christian Watson recovering from a knee injury he suffered in Week 18.
There was a feeling in Green Bay that the team didn’t have a true No. 1 receiver on the team, something that head coach Matt LaFleur didn’t put to bed when he said he felt the Packers had “a number” of them.
The Green Bay Packers had beef with a WR’s agent after the draft
Jayden Reed was the Packers’ leading receiver in 2024, catching 55 passes for 857 yards and six touchdowns. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Reed’s new agent, Drew Rosenhaus, met with the Packers’ brass after the draft to make sure his new client would remain the No. 1 receiver in Green Bay.
Packers GM Brian Guteksunst met last week with Jayden Reed’s agent Drew Rosenahus to clarify the wide receiver’s status in Green Bay after the team drafted Matthew Golden and Savion Williams. The team said it will not affect Reed’s status as its top receiver, per source. pic.twitter.com/ZsysCOqmXB
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 12, 2025
Jayden Reed: People misinterpreted the report
When speaking to the media after Wednesday’s practice at OTAs, Reed addressed Schefter’s report. He believes people “misinterpreted” the report and voiced his frustration about the story being leaked to ESPN.
“A lot of people misinterpreted that,” Reed said, via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. “Like I hired a new agent, and we talked about it before even the draft, really, that, (Rosenhaus) was gonna talk to the front office and everybody here, to catch up and make sure everybody on the same page. And as a new client, he told me that it’s the way he was going to do, and he did it.
“Now I don’t know how I got out, because it was supposed to be confidential. But that’s how it go sometimes. People get a different perception, and they make their own perception, which is okay.”
Jayden Reed says “a lot of people misinterpreted” the ESPN report that his new agent Drew Rosenhaus clarified with Brian Gutekunst that Reed is Green Bay’s top receiver.
Reed’s view of the situation: pic.twitter.com/KPo33EOY8C
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) May 28, 2025
There appears to be little mistrust brewing between Reed and the Packers. And at least with whoever Reed thinks would have leaked the report to Schefter and ESPN.
Reed was the Packers’ second-round pick in the 2023 draft. He’s under contract with Green Bay through 2026. But his name could be one to watch near the trade deadline in 2025 or 2026 if Reed isn’t receiving the number of targets he and Rosenhaus want in order for him to be paid after his rookie deal is done.
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