The NFL’s trade market appears is heating up as teams careen toward next Tuesday’s cutdown deadline. Teams are flipping expiring contacts into future assets at a pretty steady clip this month. According to the league’s official transaction wire, teams have consummated seven trades already this month, and that doesn’t yet include yesterday’s swap between the Broncos and Saints.
Could the Packers get in on the action? It’s certainly possible. They’ve been floated as potential buyers in the respective
Micah Parsons and Trey Hendrickson sweepstakes, but I think it’s more likely the Packers are sellers. Here are three eminently tradeable players the Packers could move before they finalize their 53-man roster.
Wide receiver Romeo Doubs
A side effect of adding two receivers in the draft is a surplus of bodies at the position. When healthy (a big ask right now, to be fair), the Packers have more receivers then they can really use, especially if they lean as heavy on 12 personnel as they’re expected to this year.
What’s more, two of their top five receivers are on expiring contracts, as both Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson will hit free agency after this season. Watson, of course, is only nominally a part of that top receiver group due to his ongoing ACL recovery, but Doubs is certainly among the Packers’ best receivers.
If a team decided it needed an upgrade at receiver approaching the regular season, Doubs would be an interesting target. His cap hit for this year is just over $3.5 million, and as long as he’s avoided concussions, he’s been a steady performer over the past couple of seasons. Any team looking for reliable, consistent contributions could come calling.
Edge rusher Kingsley Enagbare
On the defensive side, Kingsley Enagbare looks like a very movable piece for the Packers. A fourth-year player, Enagbare has been consistently available for the Packers even despite what appeared to be a very serious knee injury at the end of the 2023 season. Through three seasons, he has yet to miss a game due to injury.
And when he’s been on the field, he’s put up solid enough numbers, recording 9.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss playing primarily as a rotational pass rusher. With good size at 6-foot-4 and 258 pounds, he could be an interesting target for a team in need of pass rush depth.
What’s more, the Packers stand to benefit from moving Enagbare in more ways than one. While it would be nice to get something in return for a player they probably won’t re-sign next spring, moving Enagbare would clear some significant cap space. Enagbare’s cap hit swelled to more than $3.4 million this offseason because of the NFL’s Proven Performance escalator program, but the Packers could wipe nearly all of that off their books by moving him before the roster deadline. If the Packers decided they needed some extra space to either roll over into 2026 or use on a trade acquisition of some kind, Enagbare would represent a piggy bank of sorts, albeit a relatively small one in the grand scheme.
Offensive lineman Rasheed Walker
Finally, the most tradeable guy on this list has to be tackle Rasheed Walker. Though nominally still the starting left tackle, it seems like Jordan Morgan has made steady progress toward taking his job throughout training camp. More importantly, Morgan is far more likely to be the future at the position than Walker, given their respective contract situations. Walker’s contract expires after this season, but Morgan could be in Green Bay for three more years, at minimum, if the Packers pick up his fifth-year option.
The rest of the depth chart also makes Walker more expendable than a tackle who’s started 32 games over the past two seasons normally would be. Zach Tom has right tackle locked up for the foreseeable future, and between Morgan and 2025 second round pick Anthony Belton, the Packers have plenty of depth at tackle for this season and beyond.
That makes Walker a decent trade candidate, especially since he, too, is a beneficiary of the Proven Performance escalator. The Packers could free up nearly around $3.4 million in space by moving his contract. Walker may still be well-regarded in Green Bay, but thinking about the future puts his present in some doubt.
Will any of these players be traded?
Now, just because these players fit theoretical trade scenarios doesn’t mean a move is likely. Trading any of these players would affect short-term depth, even if it could be offset by other young players — though there’s no guarantee that will work out. It would be a risk, but the chance to get something for a player who may not have a long-term future in Green Bay might be too good to pass up.
