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

Elvis said
No, that's the point. What they are asking for I'm not interested in paying. I think this is a pointless trade that sets the team back long term. Some of you are holding onto hope for this season despite the fact that half of our starting offense is injured. I know guys are going to come back, but the slide has already begun. Even when they come back, it's going to be shaky for a while. If they get desperate to move him and want to make concessions then a 4th and they eat the money is what I think it's worth for a rental.

Yeah, we really aren't that far apart. I'm a little more optimistic they can make it work. Might well not work, but sometimes it's worth a shot. And I agree around a 3rd or 4th with the Raiders eating a good portion of this year's salary would be what it takes. Raiders won't like it, but their options are actually limited. Really only two for them, keep Adams and cut him after the season and get nothing, or trade him now and pay a portion of the salary to send him somewhere for a draft pick. There really aren't any other options that I'm aware of.

Loomis has plenty of leverage. There's no need to overpay for Adams. It's pretty simple, if he doesn't feel like the numbers make sense, he can walk away. We're not that desperate to get him imo. Adams would definitely help, but it's not gonna wreck our season any worse if it doesn't happen.

And there may be other options that come up, like Cooper being a possible target. There's still plenty of time to make something happen before the trade deadline. Heck, for all we know, we could trade a player away for some draft picks. Who knows?