Davante Adams is unlikely to play in Week 5, but the matter of his hamstring injury is a minor element to his ongoing storyline. The Raiders continue to have discussions tied to dealing the All-Pro wideout to a new team, although an expected suitor is in place as his target. 
Adams wants to play with the Jets, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. That update comes as no surprise considering the mutual interest showed by both Adams and Aaron Rodgers to reunite in New York. The Jets are among the numerous teams which have inquired about a deal, and reporting from yesterday tapped them as the favorites to pull off a trade. Other suitors remain in the running, though.
Rapoport notes Adams has not insisted to the Raiders he will only go to New York, adding other teams appeal to him as well. The Saints, Steelers, Bills and Cowboys are teams which have had conversations about a deal, although Dallas is no longer believed to be interested in adding the 31-year-old. Rapoport lists the Ravens and 49ers as destinations Adams could be amenable to. San Francisco currently leads the league in cap space ($56.74MM), while Baltimore has just $4.31MM and would need to execute a number of maneuvers to made an Adams deal feasible.
Any acquiring team would take on a prorated portion of the Fresno State product’s $16.89MM base salary (along with $30K in weekly roster bonuses) to fit him into their 2024 cap structure. Two more years remain on Adams’ deal, but a restructure resulting in guaranteed money for 2025 and beyond along with a drop in cap hits is expected regardless of where he winds up. The Raiders could increase the value of draft pick compensation coming back in a trade by retaining some salary. The Athletic’s Dianna Russini names the Bills and Chiefs as suitors monitoring the market which could make a more notable push in the event Vegas were to absorb some of the outstanding compensation.
While it would certainly be notable if Kansas City – a team which could use an addition at the receiver spot – were to emerge as a legitimate contender for an intra-divisional deal, Rapoport reports the Raiders are prepared to take the highest offer they receive. That may still come from the Jets (who currently have $16.81MM in cap space), but stronger bids from Derek Carr‘s Saints or another team would complicate efforts on New York’s part to work out an agreement. The Raiders’ asking price reportedly starts with a second-round pick, but that would change if salary retention were to be brought into the equation.
Adams was sidelined for Week 4, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports he is not expected to play this week against the Broncos. Russini adds Adams could be back to full health in time for Week 6 if he does not encounter any setbacks. If the former second-rounder is at full strength before a trade is worked out, Rapoport notes Adams could continue playing for Vegas, something which appeared to be in store for the rest of the campaign until earlier this week.
Rapoport adds nothing is imminent on the trade front at this time. Given Adams’ openness to moving on and the Raiders’ willingness to seek out his market amongst interested parties, though, the possibility remains this situation will see a resolution before the November 5 trade deadline which results in a change of scenery. If the Raiders remain committed to taking the best offer on the table, it will be interesting to see how urgently the Jets pursue a deal.
Good he can go back to play with the overrated Rodgers
and the worst OC in the NFL
I’m not a Rodgers fan, but he’s an arguably top 5 QB all time and 100% in the QB top 10 of all time. His arm talent has certainly waned as he aged, but overrated isn’t anywhere close.
Always blows NFC championships, sure. Runs the play clock down unnecessarily causing penalties and timeouts, definitely. Questionable off field behavior and strained familial relationships, yes and yes. But a 4 time MVP overrated at football? Not a chance.
He’s no longer in MVP form so he can be overrated in his current form. Rich Gannon was once an MVP, but I wouldn’t want him QBing my team now.
No sane person is currently rating him as being in MVP form, though.
OP did not say the baseline is MVP. He said people are overrating him (ie: assuming he is still good enough to lead the Jets to the SB – otherwise, why would the Jets have acquired him)
Considering even Josh Allen hasn’t been able to make it to a single Super Bowl, no sane person is assuming Rodgers is good enough to lead them to the Super Bowl either. I think they probably need to make the playoffs to save at least one job, possibly win a playoff game. If he can stay healthy and the roster doesn’t take any more big hits, I think that’s a reasonable rating of Rodgers.
So I kind of have to throw a personal foul on the use of Rich Gannon as an example. Gannon won the League MVP in 2002 on the way to a very controversial Super Bowl. In 2004 Tony Saragusa pile drive Gannon with his full weight. The shoulder injury required surgery and ended Rich season. In 2004 Derrick Brooks went helmet to helmet with Gannon, breaking his C-7 vertebra ending his career.
I also find it kind of ironic that QB Aaron Rodgers was drafted in 2004 and won his last MVP in 2021.
@Jefferspin- He’s no longer in MVP form and nobody is claiming he is, so how is he overrated? He’s properly rated as a top half, maybe top 12 QB who can still move the ball downfield when needed, even if it’s not done with the desired consistency.
myaccount2 – I said he can be. I personally have no idea what he has left but I am saying that you can’t just say he’s great now based on his previous resume. The guy commenting before me was arguing that he can’t be overrated based on what he achieved in the past. He’ll always been a HoF QB but I think people assumed he would carry the Jets to wins…he wasn’t doing that with the packers the year before he left.
That makes sense. We’ll have to see how people are talking about him after a larger post-injury sample size.
@Druuu I don’t think Rodgers’ off-field “behavior” comes anywhere close to some of the younger myopic players that have been in the news the last few years. Like say, Deshaun Watson, Rashee Rice, or these folks…
link to nypost.com
“There are even worse behaved people” isn’t the standard you want to lean on.
Did he really say “there are even worse people,” though? Read to me more like he was saying “look at these guys, they’re are actually bad.”
Hitting people with cars and doing sexual things to nonconsenting people are bad behaviors. Being disconnected from ones family may or may not be one’s fault. Smoking things I can’t pronounce in tents and claiming holistic medicine is a vaccine, while refusing to get otherwise vaccinated, is neither bad nor questionable. It’s just odd. If your standard doesn’t allow for people to be odd, your standard is the problem.
I don’t agree with the family part (I can’t—all these people are strangers), but I think we can agree a quarterback having a lengthy unexcused absence in training camp is bad behavior, and that’s being without getting into things like being a Sandy Hook truther.
Rogers isn’t a ‘bad’ person, he’s just a whack job.
Rodgers is a whack job but not a running mate for Trump in the upcoming election? Whoa!…something is wrong in America 🙂
Brady/Gronkowski to Tampa this is not.
I anticipate a trade to the Eagles. Their receiving core is decimated and the team on the cusp of firing coaches. Gotta make a last try
A team with two of the top ten wide receiver contracts in football is not going to trade for a third one.
Davante Adams seems to struggle with object permanence.
So, he wanted to be a Raider because he wanted to play with a particular QB but has found out that he has absolutely no interest in playing for them once that QB is gone.
And yet…his solution to this…
He’s about to turn 32, not about to sign a new long term deal, and still early in the season with a DOA team. He can think about things more immediately.
He could have chosen to leave in the off-season and they would have traded him no problem. Instead he helped choose the coach, and then bail after 4 games when the team is 2-2. He knew exactly what he signed up for, this is a self created Adams issue.
Exactly. You know damn well Aaron was in his ear telling him to just demand a trade and say I will only play for the Jets just like Aaron did to the Packers. The Raiders will be forced to only receive a 4th round pick or better since the Jets have no one to compete with in a trade.
From the Bucs (Highest Offer)
Lifetime of Kielbasa
Some Greek Coins that Socrates used to buy his Kielbasa
1st Round Pick
and an Autographed Photo of Ric Flair going Woooooooo!!!!
For Adams!!!
I feel he will go to the Saints. Shaheed is getting better but he is needed as much on returns as stretching the field.
Like no one knew this is what he wanted after watching Receiver.
I hope they trade him anywhere else, but the Jets. Not because they concern me, those two just have to stop acting like little babies.
So trade him to a different team without a diva!!! And that team is… uhh… hmm…
I thought Adams was a huge fan of the HC. He was seen smoking victory cigars after AP took over, but I guess not now.
The Raiders still have victory cigars from the 1980 season lying around? Apparently fresh tobacco is greatly overrated 🙂
I can’t see the Saints pulling it off, they would have to pull Jedi mind tricks to get under the cap.
It’s doable, although it’d cost them more in trade capital. The NFL allows the trading team (LV) to retain up to 50% of the salary and cap hit for the remainder of the contract.
I just looked up the Saints cap situation for next season: they’re currently over the cap by $88 million. I think Davante is set to count $35 million by himself. This is why kicking the can down the road doesn’t work.
I’d much rather kick the can down the road. The Saints are also among the best at managing the cap. If they got Adams, he’d be restructured. But, I really don’t think he goes to New Orleans. The Jets are on a tighter window. Aaron Rodgers has made no secret he wants reunite with Adams. It wouldn’t shock me if they parted with a 1st round pick, if that’s what it took to win the bid.
“Boo Hoo, I’m a multi-millionaire and I don’t want to play with this team, please feel sorry for me,” cries Mr Adams. Hopefully the highest offer is from a 0-4 team with no chance of winning anything. There’s people out there who lost everything in this last hurricane and this clown is crying because his team has lost a few games and won’t run the team how he wants it done. I heard there’s plenty of work on the docks in New Jersey.
It’s almost like someone who wasn’t affected by a natural disaster can have feelings and opinions about unrelated matters.
Is your name Duh-glass or are you just a troll?
How is offering a legitimate point trolling? It appears more people agree with me than you anyway.
Some of you should stop supporting the NFL the way you complain about salaries. You indirectly pay for it by watching. If you hate how much they make, follow a lesser paid sport like badminton.
This makes complete sense…keep up the good work!
I have a theory, the best thing for the Raiders to do is trade him to their division rival Chiefs, send them this malcontent club house cancer and let him eat, this dude isn’t gonna be happy anywhere
Isn’t Rodgers handling the trade negotiations for the Jets?
Interesting times. The NYJ’s #2 + Haason Reddick? The Browns #2 + Cooper? The Commanders #2 + McCaffery?
I’d give it a 20% chance unless the Jets overpay for him. I still see the Saints as the team that gets him. I’m not a Saints fan but just the fact he left GB to play with his college QB. He only had the chance for half a season and he wasn’t happy. There’s too much drama with the Jets.
Saints will struggle to fit him into the cap. Kicking the can down the road year after year makes it much harder to pull off moves of this caliber. It’s not impossible, just makes it very difficult. They’re a projected $80 something million over the cap next season, so I’m not sure it would be a reasonable course of action.
2 great players for the pack but now These two whiny babies deserve each other
That’s all
I see the Commanders as the wildcard in this scenario even though Adams would probably try to force them to make the Jets his destination.
Please trade Aiyuk for Adams