One trade each NFL team must make before the deadline

Green Bay Packers: Kelvin Benjamin from Bills for 6th Round Pick

Benjamin is on pace for easily the worst season of his career, with seven catches for 92 yards after four games (as of this writing). Target volume hasn’t been an issue, with 21 thus far, but Benjamin has always been wide receiver in a tight end’s body and he’s not helping out his quarterback by creating separation since the Bills acquired him.

Heading into Week 5, Bills’ head coach Sean McDermott called out Benjamin’s effort level.

“At times, yeah. Not all the time,” McDermott said. “I’d say that same thing from our entire offense. At times, I see it and at times it’s not good enough.”

With an expiring contract, questions about his effort level while playing for a bad team and another quote from McDermott questioning his place as a leader, Benjamin should be as good as gone by the trade deadline. The issue is whether anyone else wants him, but that’s where we land on the Packers.

Randall Cobb missed two straight games with a hamstring  issue in Week 4 and Week 5, and that injury has a chance to linger all season. Davante Adams (calf) and Geronimo Allison (concussion) both came out of Week 4 banged up, leaving a group of rookies (Equanimeous St. Brown, J’Mon Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling) to pick up any slack now or going forward. After Aaron Rodgers’ preseason criticism of the latter group, adding a more proven option could be in order.

Benjamin could at least be an effective red zone option, where his size can be an asset for Rodgers. Playing for a good team should also revive him some, and Bills surely want to rid themselves of an unproductive player who may be a looming locker room cancer as losses pile up.