Packers trade WR Dontayvion Wicks to Eagles, further clouding A.J. Brown's future

Rumors of A.J. Brown's demise as a Philadelphia Eagle just gained more steam.

According to multiple reports on April 10, the Eagles are acquiring Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick this year and a sixth-rounder in 2027. Per David Mulugheta, Wicks' agent, he'll also get a one-year extension of his contract worth $12.5 million, tying him to Philadelphia for the next two seasons.

The deal comes at a time when Brown's future in the City of Brotherly Love has been a matter of intense speculation. And though a trade for the wide receiver has not yet materialized, it will become much easier from a salary cap perspective for the Eagles to deal him after June 1.

Wicks, a fifth-round pick out of Virginia in 2023, caught 30 passes for 332 yards and two TDs in 2025.

Philadelphia has further diversified its wideout room after signing Hollywood Brown and Elijah Moore during free agency last month. Neither of them - nor Wicks - is the caliber of receiver Brown, a three-time Pro Bowler, is. But the stream of veteran bodies does create options at a position that's been thin for the Eagles in recent years beyond Brown and DeVonta Smith.

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