Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst made it clear earlier in the offseason that he wants to ramp up his team’s “urgency” to compete for a Super Bowl championship during the forthcoming 2025 NFL season.

To achieve that end, the Packers made several meaningful investments in the offseason. They signed big-money contracts with guard Aaron Banks and cornerback Nate Hobbs.

They also took a wide receiver in the first round of the NFL draft for the first time since 2002, picking up Texas standout Matthew Golden with the No. 23 overall selection.

In a hotly contested division, though, the Packers might need to win double-digit games again in 2025 to even buy themselves entry to the NFL playoffs. After all, they won 11 games in 2025 and barely squeaked in as the No. 7 seed, finishing third in the division.

With training camp fast approaching, here are three bold predictions for how things will unfold for the Packers during their highly anticipated 2025 campaign:

Jordan Love Will Firmly Enter the Conversation for MVP

GettyPackers quarterback Jordan Love.

The discourse about Love’s so-called regression in 2024 seems overblown.

The 26-year-old had a less productive season than he did as a first-time starter in 2023, but he also sprained his left MCL in the season opener and continued to face limitations because of the injury even once he returned.

All told, Love still threw for 3,389 yards and 25 scores in 15 starts for the Packers while improving his QBR from 62.1 in 2023 to 69.3 in 2024.

What should elevate Love’s game in 2025 — beyond having more experience as a starter — is the improvements the Packers have made to their offense.

They signed Banks and drafted offensive tackle Anthony Belton to improve the protection unit in front of him.

They also acquired two new talented rookie pass-catchers between Golden and TCU’s Savion Williams, a third-round selection.

Love will still need to put in the extra work to ensure he is on the same page as his new teammates, but he has put some dazzlingly accurate throws on tape at all levels of the field. If the Packers can avoid slippage at other positions and Love can stay healthy, he will have a good chance to play his way into the MVP conversation in the months ahead.

Matthew Golden Will Exceed 1,000 Yards as a Rookie

GettyPackers rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden.

The Packers made waves with their decision to select Golden at No. 23 overall.

After an offseason filled with conversations about how the Packers “need” to add a No. 1 receiver for Love, they broke from tradition and drafted the fleet-footed Golden, who caught 58 passes for 987 yards and nine touchdowns with Texas in 2024.

He also ran a blazing 4.29-second time in the 40-yard dash in front of scouts at the NFL Scouting Combine.

While the Packers’ logjam at receiver raises questions about whether any Packers pass-catcher will exceed 1,000 yards in 2025, Golden has the best chance to get the job done.

He showed that he is capable of taking over games as an offense’s go-to receiving target in critical moments during his most recent season with the Longhorns, putting up 149 or more yards in two of the team’s five postseason games.

So long as the Packers make an effort to involve him in every game plan, he should pass the millennium mark.

Packers Will Trade Romeo Doubs at Trade Deadline

GettyPackers wide receiver Romeo Doubs.

As mentioned, the Packers are loaded at wide receiver in 2025. Not only do they return top contributors Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Christian Watson and Dontayvion Wicks from last year’s roster, but they also add Mecole Hardman Jr., Golden and Williams into the mix, providing Love with his most competitive group of receivers to date.

At the same time, the Packers won’t be able to get everyone consistent reps within the offense.

The problem will not impact them as much early on, with Watson likely to start the year on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, but things will become crowded once Watson returns to the roster — and that could prompt the Packers to move Doubs.

Doubs has been a quality receiver for the Packers over the past three seasons, catching 147 passes for 1,700 yards and 15 touchdowns in 43 career games, but he is in the final year of his rookie contract and unlikely to re-sign with the Packers, given their depth.

The Packers won’t want to part with him if he is a leading part of their offense to start the season. But if Golden, Reed and others make him more redundant, they should take their chance to get what they can for him and trade him to a receiver-needy team before the NFL trade deadline on November 5.