Should the Green Bay Packers make this trade with the Los Angeles Chargers?
The Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Chargers lost in the wild-card round of the 2026 NFL playoffs.
Green Bay lost to the Chicago Bears in Chicago, while Los Angeles lost to the New England Patriots in Foxborough.
Offseason trades can be made now and a trade proposal between the Packers and Chargers has been created by Gary Davenport of Bleacher Report:
Los Angeles Chargers Get: OG Elgton Jenkins
Green Bay Packers Get: 2026 Round 4 Pick
The Packers have floated Jenkins as a potential offseason trade candidate, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Green Bay is $4.1 million over the 2026 salary cap. Trading or releasing Jenkins would save the Packers over $19.5 million against the cap.
"Jenkins' injury-shortened 2025 season wasn't great," Davenport wrote. "But he was playing center as opposed his natural position of left guard, and the eighth-year veteran has made a pair of Pro Bowls over his time at Titletown.
"The Chargers are already running low on draft capital after making some other deals—the team has just five picks pending the awarding of compensatory selections. But dealing a pick in the back half of Round 4 is still a smart play for a Chargers team that is both a playoff contender and who has the cap space ($85.5 million) to absorb Jenkins' contract."
Jenkins made the Pro Bowl in the 2022 season. His career has been trending downward since then, so a change of scenery could benefit both parties here.
The Packers get a fourth-round pick in this trade proposal. It will be fascinating to see if Green Bay trades Jenkins this offseason and what type of compensation they receive should a trade go down.
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