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The Green Bay Packers need a deep threat wide receiver in the worst way in 2025 and beyond. Christian Watson was supposed to be that guy for the Packers, but let’s be honest. Even when he wasn’t injured, he could never put together consistent production. Sure, he gave the Packers the threat of a deep threat —and that can be a big help in opening up an offense — but the times in which he delivered were few and far in between.
Now he’s suffering with a torn ACL and heading into the final season of his contract in Green Bay with the likelihood that he’ll miss most of 2025 in recovery. If he comes back and makes any sort of impact, it would be borderline miraculous. The point is, the Packers can’t rely on Watson to be that guy anymore, and he likely never will be in the NFL again.
As such, it makes a ton of sense for general manager Brian Gutekunst to go find that deep weapon this offseason, and the good news for the Packers is that they do have several avenues they can try. One would be the 2025 NFL Draft. The Packers have never been the organization to take a big-time receiver in the first round — their last first round wideout was Javon Walker in 2002 — but they have had plenty of success in finding diamonds in the rough.
Davante Adams, Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb were all second-rounders. Donald Driver was a seventh rounder. You get the point.
Speaking of Adams, the Packers could bring him back to Green Bay if he’s released by the New York Jets (and there’s a high likelihood of that) and there are a few other free agent wideouts who could be very interesting. Cincinnati Bengals’ wideout Tee Higgins is obviously the big prize this offseason and Gutekunst should at the very least get the Packers in the sweepstakes. The Packers do have $40 million in cap space heading into the 2025 league offseason, so making a big splash with a player like Higgins is certainly possible.
Other interesting free agent wideouts include Chris Godwin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or maybe a run with Keenan Allen if the Chicago Bears somehow let him walk.
There is one name that’s not getting much run as it relates to the Packers, but he would make perfect sense for what head coach Matt LaFleur is trying to do in Green Bay. That player is DK Metcalf of the Seattle Seahawks, who is heading into the final season of his contract with Seattle.
Metcalf hasn’t come out and specifically asked for a trade but there are plenty of rumors out there about him because of the fact that he’s in the last year of his contract and the Seahawks may want to try to trade him away for assets before he has the opportunity to hit free...
