Davante Adams is finally a Jet.
The Raiders and Jets are finalizing a trade for the star wide receiver pending a physical, sources confirmed. The deal includes a conditional third-round pick, which could become a second-round pick depending on performance.
The trade reunites Adams with quarterback Aaron Rodgers after months of speculation. The Jets tried to trade Adams last season, but the Raiders showed no interest in moving him. Things got so bad between Adams and the Raiders that Adams requested a trade two weeks ago.
The Jets are struggling offensively with 2 wins and 4 losses. Adams gives Rodgers a familiar weapon as the team looks to turn things around.
The 31-year-old six-time Pro Bowler had 18 catches for 209 yards and one touchdown in three games against the Raiders, but missed the last three games with a hamstring injury.
The Jets will carry the remainder of Adam's contract. According to ESPN.
Adams has $35.6 million in base salary remaining in each of the next two years, but that amount is not guaranteed, leaving him vulnerable as a cap casualty.
One could argue that the trade was more of a luxury than a necessity for Adams.
Garrett Wilson is already the certified No. 1 receiver with back-to-back 100-yard games, and both Allen Lazard (four years, $44 million) and Mike Williams (one year, $10 million) are replacement players. They are highly compensated. .
The main challenge on offense appears to be protecting Rodgers.
And pass rusher Haason Reddick reportedly has been cleared to seek a trade, but his contract remains on hold dating back to his acquisition in March.
However, nothing could keep Rogers and Adams apart, and both appeared to regret having separated in the first place. That connection resulted in 622 receptions, 7,590 yards, and 69 touchdowns from 2014 to 2021, when they were teammates with the Packers.
One season before Rodgers was traded to the Jets, Adams was traded to the Raiders, where he reunited with his college quarterback Derek Carr.
However, the Raiders fired Carr after one season with Adams, and Adams appeared to have been cheating on him ever since by asking him to leave town. The Cars Saints were reportedly high on Adams' wish list.
Adams would also make sense for the Bills, Chiefs, Cowboys, Commanders, and Steelers who are all in need of a receiver.
The trade would keep Adams away from the AFC East rival Bills and prevent him from making it even harder to reach the AFC playoffs if he joins the two-time Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
While the chemistry between Rodgers and Wilson appears to be improving, Adams, like Lazard, has had years of practice seeing the same things as Rodgers.
Lazard and demoted offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett are with the Jets primarily because of their connection to Rodgers. Also last season, when Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon in the opening game, ruining the entire Packers East experiment, he moved the team toward adding offensive tackle Billy Taylor and receiver Randall Cobb. .
Wilson, Lazard, Rodgers, and cornerback DJ Reed are dancing in defiance of the NFL's tampering rules in favor of either welcoming Adams in particular or the all-in trade this move means for the Jets. There is.
The Jets, who entered the season with Super Bowl hopes and fired head coach Robert Saleh after five games, are off to a 2-4 start following Jeff Ulbrich's interim coaching debut in a loss to the Bills on Monday. I cut it.
Adams could make his debut Sunday against the Steelers.
