The Green Bay Packers will need to make major moves at wide receiver this offseason.
That much became painfully obvious as quarterback Jordan Love struggled to build on his outstanding 2023 season, and Green Bay’s receiver troubles were apparent as injuries mounted down the stretch and during the Packers’ NFC Wild Card loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Given Christian Watson’s injured ACL in Week 18 and the uncertainty surrounding his 2025 season, the Packers could shop at the top of the free-agent market.
Tee Higgins, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, makes a lot of sense as a top target for Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst, but he’s far from the only marquee wide receiver Green Bay should pursue, as it looks to build around Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, and Dontayvion Wicks as Love’s supporting cast.
Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, a Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, may be a major Packers target, especially if the experienced receiver agrees to a one-year “prove-it” deal after missing much of the season.
Acme Packing Company’s Justis Mosqueda compiled a list of potential Packers targets, including Brown.
“Marquise Brown’s situation is very interesting,” Mosqueda writes. “After three seasons in Baltimore, Brown was traded to the Arizona Cardinals for a first-round pick. In two years, he only made 118 receptions for 1,283 yards and seven touchdowns. He was intended to play through a “prove it year” contract with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2024, but he hurt his collarbone, limiting him to only two regular season games this year. He is the type of field-stretching receiver that the Packers would look at to replace Christian Watson’s snaps, as Watson will be sidelined for at least three-quarters of the upcoming regular season due to an ACL injury.
Brown would undoubtedly meet the Packers’ need for a big-play threat in the receiving corps, having caught 322 catches for 3,735 yards and 28 touchdowns in his first six seasons. He’d also fill the vacuum left by a top-of-the-depth chart veteran in an otherwise young and rising receiver corps.
Regardless of who the Packers end up signing, expect them to be aggressive at the position later this spring.
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