{"id":577542,"date":"2026-04-11T07:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577542\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:49:10","slug":"packers-trading-wr-dontayvion-wicks-to-eagles-for-two-day-3-draft-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577542\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers trading WR Dontayvion Wicks to Eagles for two Day 3 draft picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the NFL&#8217;s Annual League Meeting in Phoenix last week, coach Matt LaFleur <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/packers-president-ed-policy-was-a-little-bit-shocked-being-asked-about-firing-matt-lafleur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admitted some players weren&#8217;t content<\/a> with their roles in his offense in 2025, a season that ended in disappointing fashion when the Packers fell to the Bears in Chicago on Wild Card Weekend. While he didn&#8217;t name Wicks explicitly, Green Bay&#8217;s willingness to send him to Philadelphia in exchange for a couple of Day 3 picks suggests it was likely time for both parties to proceed in separate directions, especially after Wicks posted career-low totals in 2025 (30 catches, 332 yards, two touchdowns).<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s acquisition of Wicks represents the third instance in the last three years in which the Eagles have traded for a receiver prior to the start of the upcoming season. In August 2024, Roseman <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/commanders-trade-former-first-round-wr-jahan-dotson-to-eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a> former Commanders first-round pick <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/jahan-dotson\/\" title=\"Jahan Dotson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jahan Dotson<\/a> via trade, and nearly one year later, the Eagles general manager <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/eagles-acquiring-wr-john-metchie-iii-from-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired<\/a> <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/john-metchie\/\" title=\"John Metchie III\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Metchie III<\/a> in a low-cost deal with the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>Neither are currently on the roster, leaving room for another addition.<\/p>\n<p>Wicks joins a receiving corps in Philadelphia headlined by star wideout <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/a-j-brown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Brown<\/a>, whose name has been <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nick-sirianni-on-a-j-brown-s-status-nothing-s-changed-there-a-j-s-an-eagle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">floated in trade talks<\/a> for months. Also in the room are <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/devonta-smith\/\" title=\"DeVonta Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeVonta Smith<\/a> and veteran <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/marquise-brown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles&#8217; trade for Wicks doesn&#8217;t signal a Brown deal is imminent, but does provide them with insurance at the position prior to the draft. Wicks, meanwhile, finds a fresh start and a new opportunity in Philadelphia, where the Eagles have their own kinks to work out of their offense under new coordinator Sean Mannion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the NFL&#8217;s Annual League Meeting in Phoenix last week, coach Matt LaFleur admitted some players weren&#8217;t content&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6255,31108,1804,3,349,6257,215714,1239,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-577542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-dontayvion-wicks","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-no-minute","14":"tag-offseason-news","15":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}