Green Bay, Wisconsin - Jayden Reed wants to clear the air.
Green Bay Packers' second round catcher for 2023 knows ESPN this month that his agent met with his general manager.
He also knows that the report only selected two receivers in the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft.
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But Reed said Wednesday after the Packers’ OTA practice that his agent’s intention to engage with Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst was misunderstood.
“I hired a new agent, and we talked about it even before the draft,” Reed said of his agent Drew Rosenhaus. “He said he was going to talk to the front desk and everyone caught up and make sure everyone was on the same page like new clients.
"I don't know how it comes out because it should be confidential. Sometimes doing this - people get different views."
ESPN reported on May 12 that Rosenhaus and Gutekunst met to "clearize broad receiver identities" after Green Bay selected receiver Matthew Golden and third-time Savion Williams.
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Head coach Matt Lafleur said Wednesday he “didn’t even know” the conversation besides seeing the report, “I didn’t have a conversation about it.”
King and Williams join a crowded room, with the exception of Christian Watson, including Reed, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks, who are expected to miss the start of the season while recovering from the ACL tear in Week 18.
Last year, Reed led the Packers' catcher for 857 yards and six touchdowns as Green Bay moved to a heavier running focus. The Packers rushed 526 times in 2024, and after 479, it was the year Jordan Love made his debut, with the starting QB featuring 441 carrys and 581 passes.
The run highlighted the free agent acquisition of Josh Jacobs, who caught 301 times and lasted 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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The Packers improved from their 12th scoring offense and 11th offense in 2023 to eighth and fifth in 2024. Their 1-5 zoning records inspired leaders across the building, but overall output increased.
The focus of running worked. It can also complicate the sphere distribution. Love expresses his receiver's confidence that any complications will be handled.
“I always tell you, ‘I’m going to throw it to the open people,” Love said Wednesday. “I’m going to try to find someone who’s open. So they all know.
“No one is sensitive to many goals right now.”
Just like the rookie WRS learns scripts, Packers veterans’ goal is to strengthen the capture point
In a comprehensive OTA exercise open to the media on Wednesday, the reception room is not. Love handed the ball to his receivers, tight ends and runs, the same in both individual and team drills. Recipients expressed the personalized handshake of March free agent Mecole Hardman and shook hands with a large number of new teammates to Reed to direct Golden's new script and technical standards.
Green Bay Packers receivers Romeo Doubs (87), Matthew Golden (22) and Jayden Reed (11) are just a few of the many weapons to share their goals this season. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
(Associated Press)"Absolutely just give me a pointer, just be there, speak up," Golden told Reed's Yahoo Movement. “Like the script I need to do, it’s just my alliance or something specific. He would remind me, just tell me so that I know, it’s always helping me.
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“I absolutely appreciate someone like this for helping, and if you give you better advice, I will give you advice.”
Gold marks the Packers’ first pick of receivers in the first round of 23 seasons. The rookie played in Houston for two seasons ahead of Texas’ breakthrough year, having performed well in 987 yards and nine touchdowns with 58 catches.
Last year, the Packers' receivers were inconsistent, from 33 drops, per professional soccer reference, to injury, eliminating multiple receivers from playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Reed and Wicks dropped nine passes with 75 and 72 goals, respectively. Reed talked with the coach about ways to improve at the end of the season.
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“Last year was a problem for me,” Reed said. “I was on a jug machine every day during the offseason, so it obviously helped. Being a better leader is just working on top of my route, something like that.”
If there are fewer talented receiving legions, taking advantage of opportunities will become even more critical. Reed’s goal is to accept the competition to start the receiver snapshot – while also reiterating that he cares more about winning than making.
"As long as we win at the end of the day, we end up winning, which is important," Reed said. "I am a very selfless person and it's what I think. I am a very selfless person. Whenever someone falls, I try to be the first person around, please pick up the 'em.
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“I’m not the type that cares about the goal.”
He said he also did not want to draw a conversation around “identity” in the receiving room.
"We had these conversations - we clarified what we needed to clarify inside," Reed said. "All of these 'wide receiver 1' stuff, I don't look like that, man. It's like: we have a lot of different organizers in the room that can make games.
“At the end of the day, it’s a team that comes together to get the job done and win.”