Overview
- NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport posted on June 3 that the Arizona Cardinals are not trading Josh Sweat to Green Bay or any team right now, a statement repeated by multiple outlets.
- Earlier this week reporters published conflicting accounts about trade talks, with The Packer Report’s Easton Butler saying Arizona and Green Bay were 'working on' a deal and others, including The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman, denying formal discussions.
- Sweat has been absent from voluntary offseason workouts and is reported to have requested a trade after the team’s coaching change, a factor that fueled the recent flurry of calls to the Cardinals.
- Contract and cap math complicates a move: Sweat is one season into a four‑year, $76.4 million deal, acquiring teams would face near‑term guarantees reported around $17 million in 2027, and Arizona would carry roughly $22 million in dead cap if it traded him now.
- While no trade is imminent, analysts say Sweat remains a credible midseason or deadline target for contenders such as the Packers, Eagles, Cowboys or Patriots and that mandatory minicamp attendance and Arizona’s 2026 competitiveness could change the club’s stance.