Davante Adams is indeed set to be traded, and he is headed to his preferred destination. The Jets are finalizing a deal to acquire Adams from the Raiders, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
The swap will see Vegas receive a conditional 2025 third-round pick from New York, Rapoport’s colleague Tom Pelissero adds. That pick can become a second-rounder based on Adams’ performance with his new team. Crucially. Pelissero also notes the Jets will take on the remainder of Adams’ 2024 salary. Depending on how he fares with his new team, then, the Raiders could wind up meeting their goal of landing a second-rounder in addition to not retaining any of his salary to facilitate a trade.
Providing specifics on the conditional pick, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the selection will upgrade to a second-rounder if either of two circumstances are met. Adams must earn a first- or second-team All-Pro selection, or he must be on the Jets’ active roster for the AFC title game or Super Bowl. Those thresholds certainly make it likely the pick will wind up as a third-rounder, something SI’s Albert Breer recently speculated represented a cost the Raiders would ultimately be willing to accept.
Once it became known the Raiders were gauging the market on an Adams trade (something the 31-year-old preferred to staying put), the Jets emerged as the likeliest destination. After Adams openly remarked about the potential of reuniting with Aaron Rodgers – something the four-time MVP reciprocated – it came as no surprise to learn the Jets were his top target. Now, the two will in fact resume playing with each other after their successful eight-year run in Green Bay.
A number suitors were in the mix with respect to showing interest, but Vegas remained insistent on landing a second-round pick in any Adams deal. Many contenders saw that price as being too steep, and the Jets and Saints held an advantage in terms of providing Adams with a familiar quarterback (Rodgers or Derek Carr, in the case of New Orleans). Recently, those two teams appeared to be the strongest suitors with the Jets in particular acting aggressively to get a deal done. The team sits at 2-4 with a new head coach and offensive play-caller in place, but Adams could spark a midseason turnaround.
The Jets entered Tuesday with just over $17MM in cap space, a larger figure than many of the other teams interested in acquiring the three-time All-Pro. Since Vegas will not retain any salary, New York will be on the hook for $11.59MM this season (the prorated remainder of Adams’ 2024 salary). Two more years remain on his pact, but no guarantees are in place. Working out a new agreement will be key in this situation, and having Adams as more than a short-term rental would help justify the trade cost to add him. Adams has reportedly expressed concern about Rodgers’ post-2024 future with the Jets, however.
Nevertheless, an organization which just fired head coach Robert Saleh and demoted offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett is now making another aggressive move aimed at success this season. The 2024 Jets are the first team led by Rodgers to have a losing record through six weeks. A postseason berth remains the goal, though, and Adams could aid an offense which sits 22nd in scoring. Of course, this move also marks the latest the Jets have undertaken which involves bringing in familiar faces to Rodgers on the field and the sidelines while trying to maximize the remainder of his career.
Adams will now join Garrett Wilson and Allen Lazard at the receiver spot with New York. Speculation has increased in the wake of today’s deal that Mike Williams – signed to a one-year deal in free agency – could now be on the move to avoid a logjam at the top of the depth chart and move some money out to compensate for Adams’ arrival. In any case, expectations will increase for better efficiency through the air moving forward.
For the 2-4 Raiders, this move brings an end to a situation between Adams and head coach Antonio Pierce which was marked by a recent increase in tension. As veteran insider Josina Anderson notes, Pierce feels this move is best for all involved. Vegas – a team which is now increasingly short on playmakers and turned to Aidan O’Connell at quarterback for Week 6 – will take on $13.67MM in dead money this year and $15.7MM in 2025 (h/t Spotrac).
With five 1,100-yard campaigns to his name (including both of his full Raiders seasons), Adams will be expected to provide a major boost to the Jets’ offense upon reuniting with Rodgers. If that proves to be the case, the team – which may soon offload edge rusher Haason Reddick and end his holdout in the process – could become a contender for at least an AFC postseason spot. Ending the Jets’ 13-year playoff drought would mark a key success for the team, and it would no doubt quell doubts about general manager Joe Douglas’ job security.
A hamstring injury has kept Adams out of action for the past three weeks, but multiple reports note he is currently at the Jets’ facility undergoing a physical. Once that takes place, this trade can be made official and bring a notable but expected end to the Adams situation. How it affects other receiver deals ahead of the deadline will be interesting to monitor.
Aaron always gets what he wants
imagine thinking theres something wrong with wanting davante adams
Another aging, overpaid wr who is hamstrung with a bad hammy reunited with a over the hill gimpy, grumpy Rodgers is a good thing? Sorry Beg I beg to differ.
He has no bad hammy lol. He just didnt want to risk his body for the raiders
i know you dont know ball but you really didnt need to make it that obvious
Hopefully you’re not really a teacher… Our youth is dumb enough don’t need the blind leading them any further.
Male version of the golden girls
I knew the Jets team as a whole wasn’t very bright, But do they constantly have to keep going out of their way to prove it?
If Rodgers was to retire this off season( Which he should BTW), I would probably laugh so hard I would rupture my spleen. I can think of no more fitting epilogue to the Rodgers-Adams farce. Who’s Woody Johnson going to fire then? Himself? That should probably happen too BTW. LMAO
He’s had issues with fractured collar bones over the years. If he went down who’s gonna throw the ball to tay? Certainly not Erin
Yes! Johnson should definitely fire himself.
Minus the Wins.
Yeah she always gets what she wants that’s Erin
Except for SB rings! Heck, even playoff wins are hard for him to come by as well.
Rodgers already won one.
Sb winner
Hof career
Not much more you can ask for in a career for a QB.
Sure, he has one. But to be considered a top-five quarterback, you need more than one, in my opinion. He also sports a 12-10 playoff record, which is a hair above average in the tournament. Plenty of QBs have one ring as well. Are they all great?
A contemporary of his, Eli M has an 8-4 playoff record w/ 2 rings. Why isn’t he considered better than Aaron?
Because Eli isnt better than Aaron, thats why.
I love how, in a long roundabout way, you just singlehandedly proved why rings are not the only thing to consider when looking at the skill level and career of a player while trying to say Rodgers isnt good.
I never said Rodgers wasn’t good. I said he’s not in the top five. The top five are for the multiple SB winners: Bradshaw, Aikman, Peyton, Brady, Montana, Mahomes, etc. Everyone ranks them differently, but to be considered the best, you have to have the jewelry to back it up.
By your logic, Jim Plunkett belongs in there. As great as all these players were, other than you, there is almost no one who thinks Bradshaw and Aikman were better than Rodgers, or Marino for that matter,
I’d even take Rivers over Bradshaw or Aikman. Both had such great teams. Teams that are considered in the conversation for all time great teams. I love Plunkett but by no means think he was a great QB. Or even put into that conversation. He had some great teams too. I believe Aikman only had one season in his career where he threw 20 TD passes. All the rest were less than 20. I think it was one. May have been two. But you get my point.
No you dont. Again, you came to the conclusion that rings doesnt necessarily make a QB better than another when you pointed out Eli has more. Rodgers is way better than Bradshaw and Aikman lmao
60k yards, 4 MVPs, 5th all time passing TDs, and a SB. You can also simply watch film. I will never understand the energy people devote trying to downplay Aaron and his career. Its mental gymastics and for what?
Additionally, SB rings being a qualifier would only make sense if QB was the only position in football. But its not, so youre on about nothing
All of today’s numbers are skewed toward offensive output. It’s been that way for the last 20+ seasons. To say that quarterbacks from former generations don’t count is ridiculous. Heck, even Aaron admitted that the roughing the passer call for him last night was baloney.
His quote: “Some of [the penalties] seemed really bad, including roughing the passer on me. That’s not roughing the passer. Might as well play Sarcastaball if we’re gonna call those things.”
4 MVPs are 4 MVPs, doesnt matter the time period as its directly applied to comparing him to his contemporaries. keep coping tho
lmao Aikman and Bradshaw should not be anywhere near any top QBs of all time lists. Bradshaw was carried by an amazing defense and surrounded by weapons. Aikman had one of the best offensive lines ever, along with a top 5 running back ever. And the Cowboys defenses of the 90s were great (top 5 in PA for a number of years). Football is a team sport. You can be an all timer like Marino or Rodgers without multiple rings.
I’m
Not a Rodgers fan but also not a fan of SB wins making a QB great. If that were the scenario Trent Dilfer is better than Rivers and Joe Flacco is better than Marino. To me, Marino is a top 3 QB all time. Montana rates Marino the best all time. I think rings get so overhyped and valuesd on a way that people forget it’s a team sport. I know my raider brothers love Jim Plunkett. Yes he’s Raider royalty but he wasn’t some great all time QB because of his SB wins. He was the right QB for some great Raider teams. Those teams were great. He wouldn’t even make my top 25 of QBs I’d want starting for my team.
He thinks Aikman is better than Marino completely ignoring the teams around them. It’s what dumb sports fans do. He just said the Jets are selling and then they traded for DA. Idkkkk.
Guess you forget Dan had a HoF C, 2 constant all pro WR’s, and the Killer Bee’s on D for plenty of seasons.
Every team has talent. Its being able to lead them to wins is the goal of the QB. Aikman dealt with a bunch of strung up egotistical coke heads and lead them 3 times.
Mark Clayton was Marinos best WR. He made a handful of pro bowls and that’s it. He’s a FAR cry from Jerry Rice or Michael Irvin. I’d say Marinos best RB was terry Kirby. That’s a FAR cry from Emmitt Smith or even Roger Craig. Marino was a FAR better QB than Aikman. FAR better. Not even close. Even Aikman would probably tell you that. Marino is a top 3 QB all time. He just had Mark Clayton to throw to. All the other guys you mentioned had greats. Clayton is no great WR.
You really think those Dolphins teams were better than the Cowboys teams? Gimme a break. You have Eli over Rodgers and Aikman over Marino? That’s inept. But do you.
Forgot about that. Aikman had arguably one of the leagues best OCs ever. I said OCs because he was not a good Hc but the guy could run an offense. Norv Turner.
Aikman had one of, if not the best, offensive lines in the history of football.
If you took Aikman and put him on those Dolphins teams, what happens?
If you took Marino and put him on those Cowboys teams, what happens?
Exactly.
This guy will do mental gymnastics forever until we get tired just to maintain some form of being right. Acts like QB is the only position on the field and responsible for getting SB wins when it suits him, or Dan Marinos team carried him when it suits him.
He’ll create logical inconsistencies such as Eli being better than Rodgers because of rings but then try to pretend Rodgers’ ring doesnt matter. Its amazing
Tomlin gave that win to green Bay.. Rodgers is all about Rodgers…same as Pittsburgh diva Ben Baconburgher
Rex Grossman has as many NFC Championship wins as Aaron Rodgers.
Desperation. At this point, whatever. Season is going to be lost if we don’t.
Clearly desperation. But the season is probably already lost at this point
The only reason I disagree is because the Jets schedule is incredibly winnable and Buffalo’s is pretty tough.
Jets get the Patriots, Dolphins 2x, Jaguars, Colts, Cardinals, Seahawks, Steelers still. All winnable games if they put a complete game together in all 3 phases.
Probably made the trade the moment Williams slipped on that route.
Williams will likely never see the field again for this team after that slip.
Yeah, the WR room is the weak point of this team. hahaha
Well to be fair, it’s A weak point. Certainly not the only one.
The entire organization is the weak point.
i like this trade so much. wanted big mike to work out but having davante is going to open up so many opportunities for the rest of the offense as well as having a reliable endzone pass catcher. i like it for the raiders as well but i see little reason to not grab a guy like Adams for a 3rd (or 2nd) in win now mode
Jets have a really good defense, one of the better young WR’s in the league on his rookie deal and a talented 1-2 combo at RB. They should invest all their resources to upgrade that horrendous offensive line and try to win 21-14 type games. Instead they’re loading up on WR’s and expect a 40 year old who missed all of last season with an Achilles injury to drop back 40+ times a game to win 42-35 shootouts.
Typical crybaby Sharon pouts until he gets his way. Now you have too any mouths to feed. The Jets….are the Jets.
Too many mouths to feed? That’s laughable.
lmao right like oh nooo Mike Will and Gipson are gonna lose snaps nooooo theres too many good options for Aaron to throw to
Exactly. Mike Williams is washed up and might be phased out or flipped for something like a 6th and Gipson is on this team to be a return man, not a WR.
Wilson, Hall, Adams, Lazard?
4 is too many?
Jets are going to do Jets things.
Are Jets on the hook for remainder of contract after 2024? Salary goes sky high after this season.
If I’m not mistaken there is no more guaranteed money after this season
Yes, if I understood correctly when I read the article. While the Raiders are also on the hook for some dead money (which, kinda who cares..).
Also, as captain said (and was stated in the story..), there is no more guaranteed money after this year.
Additionally, as mentioned in the story, talk of ‘working out a new deal..’ will be key for the Jets.
That said, with his rumored concern (again..) of Rodgers’ future beyond this season, I’m wondering if we may see him on the move again (via trade or release) in the off-season.
Screw it, why not for a third. Jets still won’t go all that far, but they might as well commit when the price of commitment isn’t that big a deal.
One thing I’ll say is we probably win last night and the Denver game with Adams getting targets over Williams. Schedule is still winnable going forward.
Heck, even just with better kicking.
we’d be 4-2 if Greg just made the kicks hes been making his whole career. bad time to get the yips
YESSSS
– Raiders
It’s all in on a 40 yr old QB and a 2-4 record.
I have always given the Jets compliments when appropriate – they are always a tough out.
And Rodgers looked ok last night.
But is that sustainable? Im very doubtful.
Does Adams help? Sure.
Cant fault them for trying – but its gonna be a long tough rebuild with a new regime when they miss the playoffs.
They are trying to save their jobs. They don’t have time to worry about the future.
I agree that it’s probably too little, too late; however, with Adams receiving targets over Williams, we are very possibly 4-2 instead of 2-4 right now. Almost assuredly win in the storm vs. Denver and likely win one of the last two in which Williams had costly mistakes (especially last night, getting hit in the junk with the ball on a would-be 1st down and slipping on that easy long completion).
Schedule is very winnable going forward.
Devils advocate:
Who are they competing against for wild cards?
I don’t think Cincy is out – but 0-3 conference doesn’t hurt.
Do you believe in the Chargers?
Pittsburgh isn’t good – but they keep winning.
I don’t think Rodgers is good despite looking okay last night. He has been pretty bad for most of this year….
…but its not crazy to see the Jets with 9 wins sneaking in either.
I wouldn’t bet it though.
Jets are 3 missed easy FGs away from being 4-2. Rodgers has been more than solid with exception of the game against MIN, hes far away from being the problem. Jets not being able to tackle or stop the run is a lot more of a problem
Sure.
The best part is, they’re still going to lose and not make the playoffs. Rodgers brought in his guys and they will still lose.
Exactly.lol
Trade condition update: The conditional third-round pick the Jets are trading to the Raiders for Davante Adams becomes a second if any of the following happen, per source:
Adams must be 1st- or 2nd-team AP all pro
On the active roster for AFC championship game or Super Bowl.
Soooo its a 3rd ha
AA Ron probably thinks Mike Williams stinks
Will the Raiders get Williams too
He was pretty good at one time
Mike Williams is oft hurt and hasnt looked good since coming back. I was pretty high on the signing but running the wrong route and slipping on the same route isnt very good.
So ho goes from 1 crap nonplayoff team to a different one and pays more taxes there? Great trade!!!
He’s reunited with a QB he had a ton of individual success with, while leaving a situation with..Aiden O’Connell (?) as QB.
And possibly only for the rest of this season as there is no guaranteed money beyond ’24, Rodgers may not return AND the Jets seemingly need to adjust the numbers owed to him IF both sides wish to continue the relationship going forward.
And I’d guess best case for the Raiders they get a mid 3rd rounder out if it. Not exactly a springboard to a quick rebuild, or a comparable return to what they gave up to acquire him in the first place.
These idiots need a better OL.They’ve given Aaron everything he has wanted and it’s still not working.lol
It was the Holding Calls that killed them in the 4th quarter
Different guy each time, take a look at the O Line coach.
Jets should have won last night, but didn’t
I don’t think my guys played well either…
The second Epensesa sack was not a penalty.
Lucky hail mary play.
Also Rodgers clearly fumbled with that tuck – bad call.
Still plenty of those penalties were earned.
I don’t think I should say confidently the Jets should have won.
But the Bills are the better team and it should not have been that close.
That is most NYJ vs Bills games I guess.
I wouldnt call the hail mary “lucky” it was maybe the cleanest hail mary catch ive seen. Poor defense on the play is more apt
Too little too late
This ain’t gonna do s^!t to help the Jets! Is Adam’s gonna block DL on offense or get after the QB on defense? This is just another prime example of Jets doing Jets s@#t!
Smart move by the Jets brass, go offense & deal Reddick quickly to change the teams’ downward momentum after that brutal loss. At this moment, it had to be done!
How does someone actually come to this conclusion. Jets pass rush has been great this year, Jets run stop and tackling has not. And if you cant see how adding a top WR will help this offense idk what to tell you
Ridiculous all the way around.
Nothing can save the jets…nothing but divine subtraction…..subtract diva Rodgers and forget Adams and you might have something
Hey Rodgers can always be a gopher for RFK jr the goof
The gopher and the goof…sounds like a Hallmark movie
Not a lot going back Vegas’ way, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Time for a mini-rebuild.
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