3 Reasonable WR Trades Green Bay Packers can Make

Green Bay Packers Trade Target: Corey Davis – New York Jets

Corey Davis spent his first four seasons with the Tennessee Titans after they selected him fifth overall in 2017, but 2021 was his first with the New York Jets.

Unfortunately, Davis would appear in only eight games as he battled injuries and caught 57% of his 59 targets at 14.5 yards per catch with four touchdowns, per PFF. But again, like the other two receivers on this list, Davis had to endure some up and down quarterback play.

Davis’ transition to the Green Bay Packers’ offense should be a relatively seamless one. He spent 2018 with Matt LaFleur when he was the play-caller in Tennessee, while he recorded 891 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Even last year with the Jets, Davis played under offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who also comes from the Shanahan coaching tree–so again, more overlap.

Davis still has two years remaining under contract but does come with some much larger cap hits compared to the first two options. His cap hit in 2022 for Green Bay would be $13 million and then $10.5 million in 2023. Although, as already mentioned with Parker, if the Packers want to lower his 2022 cap hit — which I imagine they would — they can do so with a restructure.

Admittedly, while we can make cases for why Jacksonville and Miami would move on from Shenault and Parker, there isn’t as strong of a case with Davis. Perhaps it’s as simple as the Jets are still trying to build a winner, and they’d rather have draft capital at this point.