After a somewhat disappointing 2024 season in which their quartet of young wide receivers did not take the next step, Green Bay packers clearly need a legitimate star to this position in order to go from an eliminatory team to a competitor of the Super Bowl.
Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks and Romeo Doubs were somewhat disappointing, and none of them reached 900 reception yards or eight affected on the season. Worse, Watson has torn his ACL in the last game of the regular season of Green Bay, and he should miss most of the 2025 campaign.
There is a wide receiver market interesting this offseason, and a young and ascending that sucks in a more important role could be played for the right price. Lou Scataglia of NFL Spin Zone on the fans network offered a draft day trade which would send the choice n ° 23 of Green Bay to the Bengals of Cincinnati for Tee Higgins and the choice n ° 154.
“Packers have a ton of” good “players in their team, but lack high -end game leaders in attack”, Scataglia wrote. “Tee Higgins has been in a shadow of Ja’mar Chase for years, but has still produced at a level of 1,000 yards for a few seasons.
“Jordan Love would have an essential guy in attack alongside Josh Jacobs in what could prove to be a sneaky team to win the division in 2025.”
Bengals have used their franchise label on Higgins for the second consecutive year, but there is no guarantee that he will remain with them in the long term. He bypassed a large extension of contract, and there is a considerable doubt that they can afford to pay him and continue, especially after giving the quarter of Joe Burrow an extension of $ 275 million over five years in September 2023.
We think Higgins wants to be the best offensive option of his team, and packers can offer him this opportunity. Despite the five missing games in 2024, he captured 73 passes for 911 yards and 10 affected, and at 26, he could still have room for improvement.
Bringing it while providing defense reinforcements could make serious challengers of the packers to the NFC North Detroit Lions champion and the Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles champion immediately.
