Saints at the top of Davante Adams’ wish list [Raiders trade Adams to Jets for conditional 3rd ; Jets paying Adams’ entire remaining salary]

B4YOU said

He is owed 12.9M salary for the remaining 13 games. I can’t see Adams taking less than Mike Evans at 20M but could want Tyrek Hill 30M for future years.

Adams forces us to extend/restructure older players like Carr, Kamara, Latt, Hill, HB, DD, and not resigning younger Olave, Shaheed, Adebo type guys. A team of retirees in 2026/27 isn’t good long term planning.

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Adams won’t have to take an immediate paycut. He’ll restructure his 2024 salary to fit under the team’s 2024 salary cap. Then after the season he’ll either restructure his 2025 salary or get an extension to bring down the 2025 cap hit. He could agree to a new contract when a trade happens.

Agreed on not extending too many older players. But we definitely should extend Kamara. He’s the NFL’s best RB in 2024 and the life force of the offense. I think the Saints were preparing to choose between Lattimore and Adebo in long term cap plans for a while now. Two top 5 CB cap hits didn’t seem likely. That decision could come to a head soon.