The Green Bay Packers turned heads on Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft by selecting a wide receiver— something they hadn’t done in the first round since 2002. While the addition of Matthew Golden has fired up the fan base, NFL insider Adam Schefter recently reported that the move stirred up some unrest among the team’s current receivers, especially Jayden Reed.
According to Schefter, representatives for Jayden Reed met with Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst to discuss the player’s future and role in the team. However, during a recent interview, Reed downplayed the report and said the meeting between his agent and the front office was misinterpreted.
Jayden Reed Clears the Air On “Misinterpreted” Meeting Between His Agent and Packers
On May 12, Schefter posted that Drew Rosenhaus, Reed’s new agent, had a meeting with Gutekunst to clarify Reed’s role as one of the team’s top receivers. The Packers didn’t just draft Golden in the first round — they also picked up Savion Williams in the third, shaking up what had been a relatively settled receiver room.
According to Schefter’s source, Gutekunst told Rosenhaus that Reed’s status with the team hadn’t changed. That lines up with Reed’s production. He’s been the Packers’ most consistent receiver since being drafted and still has two years left on his rookie deal. Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs are both set to hit free agency in 2026, and each has dealt with injury concerns, which likely led to the decision to bring in more depth.
Reed addressed the rumors himself during a recent interview with ESPN and revealed that the meeting between Rosenhaus and Gutekunst was the former’s pre-draft planned idea “to just catch up and make sure everybody’s on the same page.”
“A lot of people misinterpreted that,” Reed said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “I hired a new agent [Rosenhaus], and we talked about it before even the draft, really, that he said he was going to talk to the front office and everybody here to just catch up and make sure everybody’s on the same page. As a new client, he told me that’s the way he was going to do it, and he did it.
“Now, I don’t know how it got out because it was supposed to be confidential. But that’s how it goes sometimes. People get a different perception; they make their own perception, which is OK. That’s how it goes sometimes.”
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
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Reed has emerged as the Packers’ No. 1 receiver since the team traded Davante Adams in 2022 and has led them in catches and receiving yards in each of the past two seasons. However, more than individual success, a win is all that matters for him.
“As long as, at the end of the day, we end out on top and we win, that’s all that matters,” Reed said. “I’m not the type to care about targets. I really don’t care about it. I could have two targets. If we win, I don’t care, you know what I’m saying? That’s just how I look at things.
“I’m a very unselfish person. Whenever anybody fall, I try to be the first person around to pick ’em up. I try to pick players up when they got they head down, so yeah, that’s just what kind of player I am.”
That unselfishness was validated by the Packers’ head coach, Matt LaFleur, who said the receiver had been a perfect mentor for Golden and Williams. LaFleur also downplayed Schefter’s report and said he had encouraged the receiver to continue to lead that receiver room.