For the Green Bay Packers, who struck out on the top available veteran receivers in NFL free agency following Cooper Kupp’s decision to sign w

Even before the NFL offseason officially began on Wednesday, teams knew long ago that Cooper Kupp would be available. While the Los Angeles Rams attempted to trade the Super Bowl LVI MVP, a nearly $30 million cap hit made that impossible. Now that Kupp has been released from the Rams’ roster, interest in the one-time All-Pro receiver is heating up.

Kupp has seen his yards per target average go down each of the last three seasons, and it hit a career low at 7.1 yards in 2024. The signs of decline are there, and the combination of age, injury and decline is usually a hard one to overcome.