Green Bay often chooses high-upside edge rushers but that hasn't worked out in recent years (Lukas Van Ness). In a departure from that, the Packers pick the high-floor Tuimoloau who can set the edge in run defense and use pash rush moves to get home.

The Green Bay Packers selected Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden with the 23rd overall pick in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft on Thursday night. The selection of a wide receiver in the first round snaps a 23-year drought and makes Golden the first receiver picked in the first round by the Packers since Javon Walker in 2002.