Romeo Doubs Signs With Patriots: Four Years, $80 Million — and a Free 4th-Round Pick for Green Bay

The Green Bay Packers couldn't pay him like a No. 1 receiver. New England had no problem doing exactly that.

The Romeo Doubs Contract: Every Number That Matters

Romeo Doubs agreed to terms with the New England Patriots on a four-year, $68 million contract with a maximum value of $80 million through incentives. At $20 million per year in average annual value, Doubs ranks 22nd among NFL wide receivers.

The deal officially cannot be signed until Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, when the NFL's new league year formally opens. Everything agreed to Tuesday is binding in practice, not yet in ink.

Doubs will turn 26 in April and is still searching for his first 1,000-yard receiving season — but the Patriots are investing heavily in him regardless. His career high at Green Bay was 724 yards, set this past season. New England is betting the right system and the right quarterback unlock more.

Drake Maye Gets His Weapon — Stefon Diggs Is Gone

The Patriots didn't sign Doubs into a vacuum. They were in need of a wideout following the release of Stefon Diggs, who led the team with 1,013 receiving yards last season in a Super Bowl run under head coach Mike Vrabel.

The Patriots signing Doubs could also complicate a possible trade with the Eagles for A.J. Brown, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport noted — New England had been one of the teams linked to Brown, whom Vrabel previously coached in Tennessee. Whether that pursuit is dead or simply recalibrated is pending.

Doubs reportedly drew interest from the Washington Commanders, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers before choosing New England. The pull of Drake Maye — the AFC's MVP runner-up entering his third professional season — was clearly a factor.

Four Seasons in Green Bay, By the Numbers

Doubs was a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. He played all four seasons in Green Bay, finishing with 202 receptions, 2,424 yards, and 21 touchdowns across 59 games and 50 starts.

In 2025, his most productive campaign, he posted 55 catches for 724 yards and six touchdowns, then added eight receptions for 124 yards and a score in Green Bay's wild-card playoff loss to the Chicago Bears. His postseason résumé — 20 catches, 371 yards, two touchdowns in four career playoff games — gave the Patriots something concrete to buy into.

His Packers tenure wasn't without friction. During the 2024 season he was suspended one game for conduct detrimental to the team after skipping two practices, with reports suggesting unhappiness with his role — though Doubs publicly denied that framing.

After the playoff loss in January, he kept it simple. "Sh**, man, come in as a young kid from Los Angeles, didn't expect to be in Green Bay. Just all the feels, that's it," he said.

Green Bay Gets a 2027 Fourth-Round Pick in Return

The Packers didn't walk away empty. Salary cap analyst Nick Korte confirmed Doubs' departure adds a fourth-round compensatory pick to Green Bay in 2027 at his $17.5 million APY baseline — and removes the Patriots from the 2027 compensatory picks board entirely.

Green Bay's receiver corps moving forward is led by Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, and Matthew Golden, with tight end Tucker Kraft — coming off an ACL tear — returning as a central pass-game option. The Packers' far greater roster concern entering the draft is the defensive line.

Backup quarterback Malik Willis also departed Tuesday, signing a three-year, $67.5 million deal with the Miami Dolphins — a team now run by former Packers front office executive Jon-Eric Sullivan and coached by former Green Bay defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley.