Two NFC contenders have swung a trade. The Eagles are acquiring wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks from the Packers for a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-rounder, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Philadelphia is also extending Wicks on a one-year, $12.5MM deal.
Wicks’ name surfaced in trade rumors in early March. The three-year veteran is now headed elsewhere a month later. Shipping him out will save the Packers $2.6MM in cap space, per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They have around $26MM available.
Wicks becomes the second notable Packers receiver to exit this offseason. The Pack previously lost Romeo Doubs to the Patriots in free agency, but the team still counts Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, Jayden Reed, Savion Williams, Bo Melton and Skyy Moore among its wideouts. The Packers also have a quality pass-catching tight end in Tucker Kraft, giving quarterback Jordan Love plenty of options.
In using a first-rounder on Golden and a third-rounder on Williams, the Packers invested heavily in the position during last year’s draft. Neither produced much in 2025, but the Packers will likely expect the two to make a bigger impact going forward.
Green Bay spent a 2023 fifth-rounder on Wicks, who gave the club decent complementary production. The 6-foot-1, 206-pounder has missed five games, including three last year, but has averaged 40 catches, 491 yards and four touchdowns per 17 contests. Wicks’ move to Philadelphia will reunite him with Sean Mannion. Now the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, Mannion spent the past two years on the Packers’ offensive staff.
Wicks is the third receiver addition this offseason for the Eagles, joining Marquise Brown and Elijah Moore. While Moore is not a lock to make the team, Wicks and Brown figure to carve out important roles in their offense. The acquisition of Wicks will only add fuel to the fire in regards to a potential A.J. Brown trade. The Eagles are expected to deal the three-time Pro Bowler in the coming months, likely between June 2 and the start of the season. Wicks’ track record pales in comparison to A.J. Brown’s, but the Eagles have at least found another capable receiver ahead of the draft.
The Wicks extension gives the Eagles control over three of their top receivers through at least 2027. It may be short-lived in the case of A.J. Brown, who is currently under wraps through 2029. Regardless of what happens with Brown, fellow star DeVonta Smith is signed through 2028.
Philly is an interesting franchise. Comes across as the stars don’t like each other & the coach can be jerk; but they win a lot!
It probably helps that the Giants, Washington and Jerry always find new ways to beat themselves.
Sorta like Jerry trading Parsons, then in the season says ‘We need edge help.’!
Micah got himself traded…Laying on the training table was the last straw
How is the coach a jerk??
The Eagles can reload on the offense more in the draft. They could potentially take Boston in the 1st, take a TE like Klare in the 2nd or 3rd, take a lineman or 2 in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, all of a sudden even with a Brown trade they reloaded on offense.
Dear lord no.
No offensive skill players in the first.
Boston is worthy of a first
He is absolutely not worthy of a first.
Tell me you didn’t watch Big 10 football without telling me you didn’t watch Big 10 football
They’re successful because these things aren’t actually true.
Great move for The Eagles.
How so??? Over the course of his 3 year career, he’s only gotten worse. Not sure how he only managed 2 catches for 23 yards with all the injuries to the WR room for the Packers last year.
Seems like an overpay.
He was in a crowded WR when he started games he made solid plays watch his Thanksgiving game vs Detroit.
What are you referring to with 2 catches, 23 yards? Wicks had 30 catches for 332 yards last season.
I meant to say 2 catches and 23 yards a game over 14 games. With so many injuries he should have been able to do a lot better than that.
Thank you for the clarification. Keep in mind that he was also one of those injured WRs. He missed 3 games and dealt with a calf strain, ankle sprain, and concussion this past season. Obviously Green Bay agrees with you, which is why they’re moving on, but it’s important context.
Maybe I’m not understanding your comment and if I’m not I apologize, but I’m seeing 30 catches and a couple of touchdowns last year. Not spectacular, but decent backup production.
Packers still did okay with the compensation.
Im sure Mannion had input.
The only reasonable explanation as to why the packers traded Wicks is it has to be his attitude. He probably came across as a malcontent to management of the packers and they simply had enough.
The Eagles don’t trade for a guy they can’t use right away. Maybe he needed a change of scenery. Either way, the Pack needed more picks and the Eagles needed WR insurance.
Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Marquette Fult….wait it is our other franchise that does exactly that.
awful big assumptions to make there
Adios AJ
Did Dianna Russini report this from a hotel?
Finally some leg room in that WR room in green bay I swear at one point they had 12 WRs signed lmao
Also could this signal a AJ move coming soon? Wicks and Hollywood behind Devonta isn’t too bad a WR tandem
The Packers have a good nose for finding WRs but keeping them healthy is another matter. That’s why they have to sign a dozen to the roster 🙂
Word
Sean Mannion endorsement.
Interesting. Talented guy, streaky player. But also had to compete with a lot of pass catchers. Worth a shot at this price tag.
Don Wick
Between the two GM’s, Rosenstein is head and tails above Gute, so I’m thinking this is a win for Philly
I’d think oline is a bigger need than wr at this point for them.
Just means more draft resources for OT, G
That’s a lotta mid WRs
Yea but realistically it is incredibly hard to win with 2 max wr1 guys. As soon as AJ was traded here I knew there was a shelf life to him or Smitty being here. Just glad it looks to be going this way and not the other.
Never understood why the Packers thought that having a receiver room filled with guys that are only good enough to be a team’s number three receiver makes sense. What’s the point of having 7 guys that cannot reliably get open?
You must be referring to another team. Reed, Watson and Wicks get open all the time. Wicks is better be man and Reed vs zone. Watson is good at everything.
It’s felt like their team has been constructed without the understanding that there’s only one ball.
No. It was volume based drafting. Post 12 they were old and cap stretched. And they needed bodies but were drafting late in every round. So Gute smartly traded down many times. Got a bunch of of players and let it shake out on the roster. What you are seeing now is the end of that four year window back into trading picks for top players or older players. Or players who they aren’t going to extend to replenish those picks.
Gute is good at his job. MLF I have doubts about.
Gute is decent at free agency But mid at best at drafting
Jordan Love passing attempts
439
PASSING TDS
23
PASSING YDS
3381
Some one was open
Good move by the Packers. And I like it for the eagles too.
GB has to cut down the numbers and no comps will come in 28 because they’ll be active in FA next offseason. So get what you can.
More evidence they’re going OL in the first.
And when the player is familiar with the new OC that means he’s here to play, not part of just collecting players as lottery tickets.
Also about shifting money out of an expensive position to allocate it it somewhere else in need on investment by way of going young and cheap as a group for the most part.
12m for a guy who never had 600 receiving yards? Over pay.
I really don’t get it but it makes sense with Mannion being the new OC.
I don’t like giving up two useful picks for him but at least they’re not high ones.
I still think Dotson is better though.
I’ve been a big fan of Dotson since PSU, but he has had his chances to perform and put good tape out there. Wicks hasn’t. I’d rather pay Wicks to get a shot at putting it together than pay Dotson for the little we’ve got for him since we had him
Since AJ, the Eagles record of trades and free agents for WR’s (and DB’s) hasn’t been great. Hopefully Mannion knows what he doing here.