Texas’ Matthew Golden IS THE BEST WR in the 2025 NFL Draft

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00:00Matthew Golden has proven he's the real best wide receiver in the 2025 NFL draft. Here's why

00:10Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden lit up the NFL combine with the fastest 44 receiver Ryan

00:15Are you in on him possibly being wide receiver one? I'm out man

00:20I couldn't be further out on that take understand that we're gonna hyper focus on the four to nine, which is an incredible number

00:28I think it was actually four to eight official, but when I watch Matthew Golden's film this past year at Texas

00:33I see a great route runner. I see some really good hands

00:36I see nuance, but if you're telling me that that's a four-two athlete on film, I completely disagree

00:42I understand that and I understand the speed concerns

00:45but the reason why I

00:47Like him as my top receiver over Luther Burton and Ted Aron McMillan is because in a year with so many

00:53Question marks for the other guys in that discussion. I feel like I want to go with the player

00:57Who's the most well-balanced you talked about the route running his hands?

01:01He's been able to make some unbelievable catches and I think it's one of the most underrated parts of his game

01:05But Tara McMillan we talked on this channel. We're worried about the separation Luther Burton

01:10We're worried a little bit about why he suddenly had this massive drop-off in production

01:14So if I'm going with somebody who I can trust to be a really good second receiver in my offense

01:19I'd rather go with that then go for the boom or bust of taking McMillan or Burton and them not panning out

01:25See, I'm the complete opposite in this conversation, right?

01:28if I'm talking about a kid potential as a first rounder a guy that I am going to draft to be my

01:33Dude, my go-to pass catcher in an offense

01:36I want a guy that has a ceiling that I can hope to reach towards I understand the allure of a player like Matthew

01:43He does bring a really good floor of the table

01:45I could see him being a very solid to plus wide receiver to in an offense

01:49but there is a world where a player like Luther Burton out of Missouri becomes the go-to

01:54option in an offense and I'm much more with the bank on that type of player early than I am to draft to somebody like

02:00Matthew Golden and the style that he brings to the table Ryan. Let's look at Matthew Golden's background as a player

02:05He was originally playing for the University of Houston. He was a very productive kick returner

02:10He had an amazing first season at Houston and then he transferred to Texas

02:15He had this final stretch of time at the University of Texas where he lit things up

02:20It feels like Steve Sarkisian realized hey

02:22We got to get this kid the football because everything leading up to that. He wasn't the focus. It was Isaiah Bond

02:28What else can we let our listeners know about who this guy was and what his background is like?

02:33I mean, he's a super unique player. He's out of Cline Kane High School in the state of Texas

02:38So he stayed at home to play for the Houston Cougars, but he's a rare player Joe. You don't see Houston often get four-star top

02:46150 caliber wide receiver recruits in a class, right and that's what they got with Matthew Golden

02:51And that's why they had that instant success as a senior as a freshman. Excuse me had nearly 600 yards

02:57He had a little bit of a down year in 2023

02:59But was able to enter the transfer portal out of Texas full can full like transparency

03:03I did not love Matthew Golden as a receiver at Houston

03:08He was more used as a guy that was gonna run a lot of bubble screens. It's kind of this slot dynamo

03:12I think that going to Texas was a great decision

03:15for him because he just he fell into a role that was able to move him around a lot more and able to utilize more of

03:21His all-around skill set to affect multiple levels of the field rather than just one type of football player

03:27Per two four seven sports. He was pretty underrated. He was a four-star recruit in Texas

03:32It's hard to stand out in the state of Texas

03:34He was the 150th overall recruit the 25th wide receiver in the 25th recruit in the state of Texas

03:41And you're right when he was at Houston

03:43It was a little weird seeing him and then how he was finally used to Texas

03:47and I think that's part of the reason why Sark didn't start using him as their primary target and as more of a

03:54shifty route runner that they could throw the ball to

03:57Along the sideline was where he had a number of his really highlight real catches that he put on film

04:03It feels like he thought that what Houston was using him for was how that they had to deploy him and then finally

04:09It came clear that this is their best guy. It was not Isaiah Bond

04:13Well, and not only was it not Isaiah Bonds at Houston Joe

04:17I was much more excited about Sammy Brown

04:20transferring from Houston to Miami than I was about Matthew going from going from Houston to Texas because he was utilized in a way that

04:26Accentuated his strengths. I don't think he did that

04:28Well at Houston with Matthew golden again, like they're just throwing bubble screens to him all day

04:32Like that's kind of what he was

04:33But yet early in the season at Texas you thought Isaiah Bob I'm gonna be the guy

04:37He also got some gunner helm mixed in a tight end obviously to be that type of past game weapon as well

04:43But down the course of the stretch of the season when they needed a play in the passing game

04:48Think about that big play obviously during that during the Arizona State game

04:52It was Matthew golden that they were turning to for the Texas Longhorns

04:56Ryan, let's dish out a pro comp here for Matthew golden. Now. This is a little bit lofty

05:00But if we're talking about speed comparisons

05:03Usage comparisons in an offense in the NFL

05:06I don't think he fully gets this point but Garrett Wilson of the Jets coming out of Ohio State

05:12very similar builds and the way that they played when they were in college and those final stretches I

05:17Again, I do not think that he goes on to be an offensive rookie of the year type player

05:21I don't think he goes on to be a team's primary target

05:24But the way that Garrett Wilson has been so impactful for the Jets. I think golden can supply the same level of impact

05:32Yeah, I mean he's kind of that Z hybrid type player that can move around a little bit to like Garrett Wilson can I don't think

05:38Is even though technically golden ran a faster 40 than Garrett Wilson. I don't think that they have the same level of juice

05:44I think Wilson has more explosiveness and more long speed

05:46But I think the thing that golden

05:48He brings a lot of the same things that you love about Garrett Wilson the route runner the nuance like those things

05:53so maybe if we want to

05:55Mix this up a little bit. This is Garrett Wilson with ankle weights

05:58Maybe that extra weight for Matthew golden slowing him down according to you based on him not having that same type of game speed

06:05but I I do I do agree with you that

06:07The on the field speed and explosiveness is just different from Garrett Wilson

06:12Why I don't think Matthew golden fully gets there, but the way that he can be deployed

06:16I think is a really really strong comparison folks. Let us know in the comments below

06:20How early would you draft Matthew golden hit that like button if you enjoyed this video and subscribe for more we'll talk to you later

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