Stop Trying To Trade Romeo Doubs
I’ve finally had enough. Of all the weeks to have to write about this topic, I didn’t want it to be the Aaron Rodgers (not) revenge game—but I can’t hold my tongue anymore. I’ve seen this idea bandied about within the Packers universe, and to me, it is a foolish notion. In my opinion, the idea of the Packers even entertaining trading Romeo Doubs needs to be wiped away from the ether. He is simply too important to the Packers’ offense and what they are trying to accomplish this season: a Super Bowl LX berth.
Don’t get me wrong—this Packers team could definitely use an upgrade or two come the November 4th trade deadline in a few areas. Their cornerback and defensive line depth could certainly use a veteran to help with the stretch run into the playoffs. But they shouldn’t use Doubs as the trade chip to make that happen. There have been rumors regarding a pending Doubs trade dating all the way back to the offseason—most notably once the Packers used a first-round pick on Matthew Golden. Since then, he’s established himself as the de facto number-one wide receiver for Jordan Love. When a play is needed, Love more often than not looks toward his most reliable target: number 87.
Think back to the last few games, and that alone gives you all the information you need to see why Green Bay shouldn’t move him. The Packers don’t tie the game against the Cowboys without Doubs’ three-touchdown performance. When the Packers are in the red zone, Doubs’ ability to win quickly off the line with his inside move is borderline indefensible. The Packers aren’t sitting in first place in the NFC if they go on to lose that game. This past Sunday against the Cardinals, Doubs led the team with six receptions on eight targets for 72 yards. That performance continued a streak of games where he has caught at least five passes. Even as Golden and Tucker Kraft’s usage have increased in recent weeks, it’s still Doubs leading the team in targets.
The biggest argument for trading Doubs has been the depth the Packers have at wide receiver. When completely healthy, the Packers’ depth chart sits at seven receivers, and the team rarely keeps more than six on the active roster at any given time. The issue with that logic is that all these receivers have rarely been healthy at the same time. Currently, Christian Watson and Jayden Reed are on the shelf. Watson stated on Wednesday that he plans to play this upcoming Sunday against the Steelers, but seeing how he’s barely nine months removed from a serious injury, he’s all but certain to be on a pitch count. It would make sense for him to take Malik Heath’s snaps—somewhere in the 10–20 range—for a few weeks to ease himself back into football shape.
Reed has been out since early in Week 2 after breaking his collarbone on a spectacular catch that unfortunately didn’t count. Reports indicate that he’ll be back around mid-November. Once he’s back, he’ll have to work his way into football shape. Not only is he coming back from that collarbone injury, but he also had surgery to repair the Jones fracture in his foot that he suffered back in training camp. I, for one, still need to see that Reed’s drop issues from a season ago are behind him before feeling comfortable moving on from Romeo Doubs, who has the most reliable hands among all receivers on the roster.
Not only has Watson yet to make his season debut and Reed still being on injured reserve, but Dontayvion Wicks is now dealing with a calf injury that he suffered against the Cardinals. He has yet to practice this week, and all reports seem to point to him not doing so, putting him in line to miss the Steelers game. I know looking back at “what-ifs” isn’t the most productive exercise, but let’s imagine for a moment if the Packers had traded Doubs and he wasn’t on the roster this past Sunday. The four starting receivers would have consisted of rookie Matthew Golden, rookie Savion Williams, Dontayvion Wicks, and Malik Heath. Once Wicks dropped out, we would have been left with two rookies and a blocking receiver to carry the load. Considering how difficult it was for the Packers’ offense for the first three and a half quarters with Doubs, it doesn’t seem feasible to think they would’ve won that game without him.
How many recent seasons have Packers fans thrown around the question, “Who’s the number-one receiver?” And now that we finally have an answer, we’re lining up to trade him simply because he’s on an expiring contract? Football teams chasing Super Bowls don’t trade away starting-caliber players—they acquire them. Even after trading two future first-round picks for Micah Parsons and a future sixth-round pick for tackle Darian Kinnard, the Packers still have plenty of draft capital to make a move to improve this roster without touching any of their young talent.
Realistically speaking, Brian Gutekunst could recoup a nice compensatory pick in 2027 if Doubs leaves in free agency after this season—and it could be a better pick than Doubs might net in a trade. Wide receivers clean up on the open market. If Doubs finds two teams in a bidding war and cashes in, the Packers could be looking at as high as a third-round pick if he signs elsewhere. Would a team give up a third-rounder at the deadline? Maybe—but a fourth or fifth is more likely.
This 2025 season is all hands on deck for this Packers team. The moment they decided to push their chips to the middle of the table and acquire Micah Parsons was the moment any conversation about trading away key member’s of this team came to an end. Romeo Doubs is too important to this team’s Super Bowl aspirations to trade. End of discussion.
Filed Under: FeaturedGreen Bay PackersDan Saia
-Dan Saia
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