Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs had a solid 2025 campaign, but is expected to sign elsewhere in free agency.
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Doubs led the Gren Bay Packers in receptions (55) and receiving yards (724) in 2025. He tied for the team-lead in touchdown receptions (six) and also had a sensational playoff game against Chicago (eight catches, 124 yards, one TD).
But Doubs — who will become an unrestricted free agent in March — almost certainly will be in a different uniform in 2026.
The Packers have terrific wide receiver depth with Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden, Savion Williams and Dontayvion Wicks. Also, don’t forget Doubs went AWOL on his team in the 2024 campaign and has had issues with concussions.
So while someone will give Doubs a solid deal in free agency, it probably won’t be Green Bay.
“I have no idea what’s going to happen,” Doubs said at the end of the season. “No idea.”
Truth is, Doubs has known for quite some time now.
Back in September, Green Bay gave Christian Watson a one-year, $13.25 million contract extension that took his deal through 2026. As soon as the ink dried on that deal, Doubs was as good as gone.
Green Bay can’t pay everybody, and with Watson, Reed, Wicks, Golden and Williams all under contract for 2026, Doubs will be the odd man out.
“I would love to be a Green Bay Packer,” Doubs said Wednesday on FanDuel TV. “But I’m just aware of this business. I understand how things go.”
The Packers certainly got plenty of bang for their buck from Doubs, who was a fourth round draft pick in 2022.
Doubs had a respectable rookie season in 2022 with 42 receptions for 425 yards (10.1 average) and three touchdowns. His year was slowed, though, by a high ankle sprain that cost him five weeks.
“I was doing good, but sometimes life is adversity,” Doubs said. “You’ve just got to find a way to come back better.”
Doubs did just that and had a solid year in 2023, when he finished second on the team in catches (59) and yards (674) during the regular season, and tied for the team lead with eight receiving touchdowns. Doubs also ranked fourth in the NFL with seven receiving TDs in the red zone.
Doubs then had a sensational postseason with 10 receptions, 234 yards and two TDs in two games. His 234 receiving yards were the seventh most in franchise history in a single postseason.
Many expected Doubs to have a breakout 2024 campaign after his terrific finish to the 2023 campaign. That didn’t happen, though.
Doubs played in 13 games in 2024 and finished third on the Packers in both catches (46) and receiving yards (601). His touchdown receptions also slipped from eight to four.
In addition, Doubs was also placed on the reserve/suspended list and missed Green Bay’s Week 5 game against the Los Angeles Rams after going AWOL earlier that week.
“The one thing I’ll say about it is it’s a pretty isolated incident,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said after Doubs was suspended. “This has not happened with him before and I don’t expect it to happen moving forward.”
Doubs was also inactive in Weeks 13-14 due to a concussion. He then suffered another concussion and left the Packers’ Wild Card playoff loss to Philadelphia — despite wearing a guardian cap.
Doubs was a good soldier in 2025 and had arguably his best season. His year was soiled, though, when he fumbled an on-side kick in a Week 16 loss at Chicago that eventually helped the Bears win the NFC North and earn the No. 2 seed in the postseason.
Still, Doubs will have plenty of suitors in free agency.
Spotrac projects Doubs will sign a deal in the four-year, $48 million range. Wide receiver-needy teams like Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and New Orleans could be potential landing spots for Doubs.
“I just think when his number’s called upon he’s delivered, and I think it’s been his approach,” LaFleur said of Doubs this season. “In four years, Rome has done everything the right way. I know that there was a little blip on the screen but I think that was just a one-off. And over time, he’s just, he does everything the right way in regards to how he prepares, how he supports his teammates.”
Barring something unforeseen, though, Doubs will have a new batch of teammates in 2026.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2026/01/21/green-bay-packers-free-agency-whats-next-for-romeo-doubs/
