Months earlier than Davante Adams formally started wanting for a commerce away from the Las Vegas Raiders, former New York Jets quarterback and present NFL analyst Boomer Esiason repeatedly claimed that Adams would ultimately be a part of the Jets as a result of star huge receiver’s relationship with Aaron Rodgers.
Throughout Wednesday’s version of the WFAN morning present, Esiason indicated that Adams might quickly relocate to the Large Apple.
“He needs to reunite with Aaron Rodgers,” Esiason mentioned about Adams, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “They’ve been speaking and texting. If I had been the Jets, I might do it immediately. I wouldn’t be shocked if Davante was right here subsequent week. The Jets are leaving for London, so he wouldn’t be right here now.”
The two-2 Jets face the 4-0 Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this coming Sunday.
Adams and Rodgers had been teammates with the Inexperienced Bay Packers from 2014 by way of the 2021 season, and Rodgers generated headlines when he mentioned in July he couldn’t “wait to play with [Adams] once more.” Extra just lately, the Jets offense failed to fireplace on all cylinders throughout the season’s first 4 weeks as Rodgers and third-year huge receiver Garrett Wilson appeared to lack chemistry.
Whereas Adams would nearly definitely enhance New York’s offense, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday that each the Jets and New Orleans Saints are excessive on “Adams’ want record of locations to land if he is traded.” New Orleans’ Derek Carr was Adams’ faculty quarterback at Fresno State earlier than the 2 performed alongside one another with the Raiders.
“There’s no hiding that Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams are pals and have been in touch with one another,” Esiason added.
This level should not be missed, contemplating it is also no secret that Jets proprietor Woody Johnson has given Rodgers loads of “energy” relating to personnel selections over the previous 12 months and a half.
“If a staff acquires Adams subsequent week, it’d want about $13M in cap house,” ESPN’s Dan Graziano defined in a bit printed Wednesday. “The week after, slightly greater than $12M. And so forth. Wait till [the Nov. 5 trade deadline], and Adams can have $8.85M left of his wage and $260,000 in per-game roster bonuses nonetheless to go.”
With all that mentioned, Adams agreeing to a restructured contract might enable him to hitch the Jets at any level. Per ESPN, the Jets at present have $15,350,706 in accessible salary-cap house.
