For a rookie receiver trying to make his mark, sitting on the sideline is the last place he wants to be. But for Packers ‘ Matthew Golden , that’s exactly where Head Coach Matt LaFleur put him, despite the receiver’s push to play through a nagging shoulder injury in Week 10.

“I was pushing to play,” Golden admitted in a locker room interview. “I never wanted to be off the field, obviously, but it was kind of just irritation and not being comfortable on the field with the injury that I had, so definitely hard for me being off the field.”

Golden wasn’t just dealing with pain. He was also dealing with discomfort that made him question his effectiveness. LaFleur has called Golden’s status “day-to-day” leading up to the Week 10 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The coach also no

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