Packers land All-Pro cornerback on proposed seven-team trade with major consequences for everyone involved

The NBA is a different beast. Earlier this week, the association had its first seven-team trade ever. The deal involved the Houston Rockets acquiring Kevin Durant, but also the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, and Golden State Warriors.

In the NFL, that's virtually impossible. Three-team trades are already rare—the best example is when Eric Dickerson went from the Los Angeles Rams to the Indianapolis Colts in 1987 in a deal that also included the Buffalo Bills. In the NBA, more complex salary cap rules allow (and incentive) trades with more teams.

However, it's July and we wanted to have fun. So we made this exercise of what a seven-team trade in the NFL could look like, and the Green Bay Packers got great results from it.

Packers would get Trevon Diggs

In the insanely big deal, the Packers would acquire cornerback Trevon Diggs from the Dallas Cowboys, while sending wide receiver Romeo Doubs to the New York Giants.

That's an absurd value in a trade sense, but it's also notable that Green Bay would absorb a bigger veteran deal, so the overall trade is fair. Diggs will make $10 million in 2025, $15.5 million in 2026, $20.5 million in 2027, and $21 million in 2028. With the Cowboys still absorbing a big part of the original contract with the $21.25 million signing bonus, it becomes much more attractive for Green Bay.}

"Giving up Trevon Diggs hurts," wrote A to Z Sports' Cowboys beat writer Mauricio Rodriguez. "But I view this as his final year in Dallas anyway and he's unlikely to be ready to go in Week 1."

After moving on from Jaire Alexander, the Packers have an obvious need at cornerback. Even though Diggs had a concerning ACL injury, he's now two years removed from that and is still fairly young at 26. His ball skills are a great fit inside Jeff Hafley's defensive scheme, and the price tag is reasonable.

Trevon Diggs had a great performance in 2021, making the First-Team All-Pro due to his 11 interceptions. That number was never going to be sustainable, but Diggs played on an even better down-to-down level in 2022 before handling knee issues over the past couple of seasons. There have been some issues with run defense and tackling, but he is a perfect option to cover on the outside—something the Packers lack at this point.