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

Even with what you said before this, the Raiders are not asking for a 3rd and they aren't looking to eat any of the money from what I understand. They want a 2nd and to pass his salary to the next team. That is the proposed trade right now. I don't see why they would even bother trading him if they had to pay him regardless. It sets up a lot of risk of making their front office and coaches look bad if he balls out somewhere else on their dime.

Plus, we would have to make the deal before the injured players get back or knowing that we were turning things around. Why would we do that knowing that we were going to have to cut him before the next league year? It's just throwing away a pick and forcing us to reshuffled future money midseason to get his salary under and leaving no room for other transactions we may need to make because of injuries. It just doesn't make any sense.
LV asking for a 2 and a player AND not eating his 24 salary has been poo poo'd by pretty much the whole league, they not getting that. They pretty much have to trade him ASAP because they are NOT paying him what his contract says for 25-26. So they'd have to cut him and get nothing. So it's get a 3, or maybe a 2 and eat some of his 24 salary, take a 4th or 5th and the other team pays his 24 salary. Or pay him for the rest of the yr and he walks and they get nothing