The Green Bay Packers are one of the many teams who could be looking to add a veteran wide receiver this off-season. Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst have already made it known that they would like to add more experience to that position group. Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson both had breakout rookie seasons, providing an optimistic future for the Jordan Love led offense. The departure of Allen Lazard (and likely Randall Cobb) creates a need for some veteran experience to team up with the two young studs. As it turns out, one veteran wide receiver reportedly just hit the trade block.
Miami Dolphins Reportedly Shopping WR Cedrick Wilson
According to Tyler Sullivan of CBS Sports:
The Miami Dolphins cannon-balled into free agency a year ago, but now one of those additions could soon find his way onto another team. The Dolphins are open to trading wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr., according to the Miami Herald. This comes after Wilson inked a three-year, $22 million contract with Miami last spring and is now set to have a base salary of $7 million for the 2023 campaign.
That salary — including his $8 million cap hit for 2023 — appears to be the motivating factor in the team entertaining a trade with Wilson. The Herald report adds that the team is OK with having Wilson on the team this coming season. That said, if an interested team is willing to jump in and absorb his contract, it seems like they’d consider it.
Given his contract situation, the possibility of Wilson getting cut doesn’t appear to be in the cards as that type of a move wouldn’t make much sense financially as $5 million of his $7 million base salary is guaranteed. His cap hit would also only drop to $6 million if he’s a post-June 1 cut and just $7 million if cut before that. If traded, however, Wilson’s cap hit would drop to $2 million or $1 million, depending on when the trade occurs.
Cedrick Wilson signed a three-year $22 million deal with the Miami Dolphins prior to the 2022 season. This came after an impressive 2021 season with the Dallas Cowboys that saw him haul in 45 receptions for 602 yards and six touchdowns. However, 2022 didn’t go as planned for Wilson as he only garnered 12 receptions for 136 yards in 15 games played.
While his production wasn’t up to par in 2022, he was buried on the depth chart in Miami for most of the season. If the Green Bay Packers were interested, they could likely land Cedrick Wilson for a very inexpensive trade package and work to restructure his contract.
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