2025 Packers NFL draft grades: Live grades for every Green Bay selection – USA Today

The Green Bay Packers came into 2024 with Super Bowl aspirations. Instead they were dealt a dose of reality, falling well short of their goals and expectations.
A season that was seemingly doomed from the start, Jordan Love saw it flash before his eyes against the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil, ultimately missing just two games with a knee injury. Their season was later ended by that same Eagles team, indicating just how much work the Packers have to do.
It’s an interesting situation for Green Bay, considering they typically don’t spend in free agency and instead choose to do their business in the draft.
Yet this offseason wasn’t filled with marquee names in free agency or the draft, complicating matters for a team on the cusp of contention.
That means the Packers aren’t just tasked with hosting the NFL draft party, but winning it as well. Teams only get so many cracks at climbing to the top of the mountain. With needs on both sides of the ball, the Packers will look to plug those spots in the hopes it all comes together for them in the fall.
Titletown will be the center of the NFL world for the draft. The Packers will hope their moves over the weekend will put it back on the map in February after Super Bowl 60.
USA TODAY Sports and the USA TODAY Network is handing out grades during the 2025 NFL Draft. Here’s a look at the Packers’ report card.
The Packers’ receiving corps has plenty of promising young players but they could use more speed at the position. Golden certainly provides this with his field-stretching abilities and bounce to high-point contested catches. He can line up on the outside and offer a succession plan for Christian Watson who will be a free agent next year.
Mark Murphy certainly knows how to send the home crowd into a frenzy. The Packers president took great amusement in announcing that his team would be selecting a wide receiver in the first round for the first time since 2002. But this was more than a fun moment. Golden fits the bill of what Matt LaFleur had been in search of: a speedy pass catcher who can beat man coverage to create easier looks for Jordan Love. Between LaFleur’s creativity as a playcaller and Love’s aggressive mentality, he could make a sizable splash right away.

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