Davante Adams Trade Grade: Congratulations to the Jets on moving everyone; Why did the attackers wait so long?
las vegas raiders wide receiver traded Davante Adams for the New York Jets For a conditional third-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.
If Adams becomes a first- or second-team All-Pro, or he is on the active roster for the AFC Championship Game or Super Bowl, the selection will move to a second-rounder. jet Will pay the remainder of Adams’ $11.59 million salary, which also includes a per-game roster bonus.
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Why did they make this deal?
Because both the Raiders and Jets had no choice.
the jets are all during their aaron rodgers Window, and the 40-year-old quarterback has been close with Adams since his incredible eight-year tenure. green Bay Packers That resulted in 622 receptions, 7,590 receiving yards and 69 TDs in 108 games. While Adams is no longer viewed as the best wideout in the league, the 31-year-old is still capable of putting up impressive performances. He had 103 catches for 1,144 yards and eight touchdowns last season despite poor quarterback play amid an up-and-down season for the Raiders organization.
The Jets (2-4) also need a boost. Rodgers has looked good in spurts and was His best game of the season on Monday night. against BillsWhich doubles as Todd Downing’s first success as an offensive play-caller, but the Jets still need more juice if they’re going to progress to the point where they can be considered a threat to win playoff games. Could, let alone qualify for the postseason.
The Jets gave up a few second-round picks to land Rodgers, then stacked the books with a $63 million cap penalty in his void year in 2026, and they’ve already traded him in with a bunch of their favorite teammates. Has been added to. The post-Rodgers roster reset will be tough, so the Jets are determined to do everything they can to make it worth it while the quarterback is still wearing the green.
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams generated the most completions (343), yards (3,095), and touchdowns (35) on quick passes by a QB-receiver pairing from 2016 to 2021.
This season, Rodgers has recorded a throw of 2.55 seconds, which is the third fastest in the NFL.@nyjets , #jetup pic.twitter.com/Agfo7NPolZ
– Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) 15 October 2024
It appeared that the Raiders were preparing for another lost season again, and Adams wanted out. According to league sources, teams knew on September 30 that Adams was available. Once word spread that attackers would pursue the business, this outcome became predictable. It became just a question of compensation.
The Raiders have a lengthy rebuild ahead, resulting in two head coaches being fired midseason through 2021. Their franchise quarterback is not on the roster. Perhaps there are more deals to come. It made no sense to keep Adams, who could retire by the time the Raiders returned to the playoffs.
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Trade Grade (Jets): B+
If Adams becomes an All-Pro, the Jets will happily pay the extra price. If they reach the Super Bowl because of Adams, he will distribute a second-round trade card to the Raiders on the Macy’s Day Parade float.
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams reunite. pic.twitter.com/LYHNZ8gdlo
– Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) 15 October 2024
The Jets balked at the Raiders’ demand for a second-rounder. Ultimately, it appeared that a better selection would require some level of terms to be agreed upon, and that these terms would assure the Jets that the buyer would have no regrets if they were met.
The Jets’ long-term outlook is scary, but they are desperate. They haven’t reached the playoffs in 14 years and have six postseason wins during Woody Johnson’s quarter century as owner, so the frustration is understandable.
Of course, the fear is what if none of this turns out to be worth it? Then eventually they will undertake a reconstruction far more treacherous than anything they have done in some time.
But what’s the point in determining whether these moves driven by Rodgers were worthwhile? The most obvious answer is the Super Bowl.
But the indirect answer? Perhaps Adams has rejuvenated Rodgers’ desire to play for more than one more year. The Jets may have generated enough momentum this offseason to attract more veterans to join them in free agency. It’s possible that Rodgers and Adams show the rest of the way that the Jets could lure away their top head coaching target who could usher in an improved culture that will last beyond Rodgers’ tenure. ,No, not Bill Belichick,
Aaron Rodgers on Davante Adams in 2020: “As a person and as a quarterback, I’m better because of him.”
And DeVante in 2020: “(Rodgers) is the best quarterback in the NFL, and I’m the best wide receiver in the NFL. And the way we gel, I don’t think anybody else is doing it…
– Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) 15 October 2024
AFC teams will have to take aggressive steps to chase the target patrick mahomes and this kansas city chiefsJets have already fired cannon shells into those waters. Nice to follow them all the way.
Adams won’t help a run defense that has already broken down a few times in six games. There’s probably not much he can do to undo the damage caused by firing Robert Saleh.
Since the 2021 Raiders are the only team in the Super Bowl era to qualify for the playoffs with an interim head coach, the chances for the Jets to create postseason magic in a few months are quite high. But they’re going for it, and there’s something to be said for that.
Trade Grade (Raiders): C
Before the start of the season, Rival authorities guessed the attackers Can reach this point with Adams. So the Raiders are either preparing themselves to ignore this scenario or hold out hope for a little while longer that they can compete for the playoffs. An offseason trade could have yielded a strong second-round pick, maybe even higher.
Then when it became clear that Adams would be traded, the Raiders held out for two weeks in the hopes that they would get more than a third-rounder without eating up any of their salary. So, if this was a primarily financially motivated trade, the attackers did not help themselves by waiting. They could have saved approximately an additional $1.9 million by moving Adams two weeks earlier.
It would also be fair to criticize the Raiders for prioritizing money over trade compensation. Had they retained all but the minimum balance of Adams’ base salary – approximately $10.5 million – the Raiders would have received a better selection in return, either a strong second-rounder or at least a better situation on trade terms.
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General manager Tom Telesco is viewed as a conservative businessman, especially with the draft, so this could be a controversial issue. But if the Raiders need to move up in the draft for their favorite quarterback, they may regret the decision not to improve their chances by pocketing an additional second rounder.
On the plus side, league officials pointed out athletic Adams’ trade value two weeks ago was probably a third-round selection. So the attackers deserve some credit that at least the door has been broken for them to exceed that price.
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