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The Jets are reuniting Aaron Rodgers with another receiver from his Green Bay Packers days.
New York is trading for Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders, SNY NFL Insider Connor Hughes confirms.
The deal will see the Jets send the Raiders a conditional third-round pick, according to multiple reports.
The Adams acquisition now gives the Jets and Rodgers another receiving threat to go alongside third-year wideout Garrett Wilson, Mike Williams and Allen Lazard, who was also in the Packers wide receiver room with Adams from 2018-2021.
Adams-to-the-Jets trade rumors had been prevalent since Rodgers arrived in New York prior to last season. However, things were amplified this year when Adams appeared on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast and said he wouldn’t mind reuniting with his former quarterback.
“Well, I’ll answer it like this: If I’m gonna be reunited with anybody, it would be Aaron — or relocated and be anywhere, it’d be with Aaron,” Adams said.
Adams would eventually request a trade days after the Raiders’ 20-16 Week 4 win over the Cleveland Browns — a game during which he was inactive due to a hamstring pull he suffered in practice.
After that, one Jets source told Hughes: “He wants to be here, and we want him here.”
In three games this season with Las Vegas, Adams has 18 receptions for 209 yards and a touchdown. Over 37 career games with the Raiders, Adams has 221 catches for 2,869 yards and 23 touchdowns.
Adams has a cap hit of $11.59 million this season, and $44.1 million in both 2025 and 2026. He would be a free agent after the 2026 season. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Raiders will not be paying any of Adams’ remaining salary, meaning the Jets will be taking on all of it.
Adams and Rodgers played eight seasons together (2014-21). In that time, Adams accumulated 669 receptions for 8,121 yards and 73 touchdowns. He also made the Pro Bowl six times and two All-Pro first teams in Green Bay.
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Author : SNY
Publish date : 2024-10-15 14:11:40
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