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The Las Vegas Raiders have traded wide receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets in exchange for a conditional third-round pick. (AP Photo/David Becker)
At long last, the Davante Adams trade news finally dropped! The Raiders traded Davante Adams to the New York Jets on Tuesday morning, October 15.
As many had suspected, he’s headed to New York to reunite with his former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers — once again, wearing green, but this time for the Jets, as they look to get their 2-4 season back on track.
Let’s take a look at what the news means for your fantasy football teams.
Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams both look like WR2’s rest-of-season
There’s no doubt that it’s taken some time for Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson to establish a greater rapport, but in Weeks 5 and 6, fantasy football managers have gotten a taste of what they’re really capable of. Wilson has finished as a top-six fantasy receiver in each of those outings with 100+ receiving yards and a score, though he did it on the back of 33 total targets.
Obviously, Adams’ presence will mean a decreased target share for Wilson. In each of the seasons that Aaron Rodgers started and finished with Adams in the lineup (2016, 2018-2021), Adams was targeted on no fewer than 19.5% of his routes per PFF. In fact, he recorded a 29.5% or higher target rate on routes run in three of those five seasons. Simply put, Rodgers looks for Adams early and often, which will likely limit the ceiling of both of these wideouts moving forward.
The good news for Wilson? Though he will certainly lose targets to Adams, it might be good news for the efficiency of the targets he does receive. Since being drafted in 2021, Wilson has seen 83 targets while double-teamed in coverage — the fourth-most among wide receivers in that span.
What Adams gains in this Jets offense is, of course, the quality of the targets he does receive. Over the past two seasons, Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell have ranked 27th or lower among the 35 QBs…
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Publish date : 2024-10-15 15:33:52
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