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

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This season isn't over yet. Everything about Adams future is merely speculation at this point.

The new talk is based on recent articles suggesting the Jets should release Adams.

If he were to be released, how are you so certain NO Team will claim him off of waivers due to his 2025 salary? His remaining 2024 prorated salary is doable.

You're definitely correct saying that no teams are going to pay him 38 million in 2025.

What you didn't consider is that a team claiming him off of waivers could rework his contact, trade him, or cut him outright post June 1st in 2025.

You're placing an $8 to $10 million 2025 value on his 2025 salary should he become a free agent. How did you determine that range in value for Adams?

From what I've read if he becomes a free agent in 2025 he's likely to sign for between $13 to $15 million dollars on a 1 yr deal.


Sources:


Excerpts from a 11/23/24 article by Austin Boyd of Heavy Sports as viewed at www.heavy.com

Jets Already Told to Cut Ex-Raiders WR Davante Adams​


Now he looks like an aging wide receiver with some diva tendencies. Not a ton of teams are going to want to sign up for that in the offseason.

It’s hard to imagine any team will pay him more than $15 million a year. He may be looking at something closer to the $13 million a year DeAndre Hopkins is making.

There should be no shortage of teams that would like to add him. He’ll likely want to play for a contender. Teams like the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens could consider him.

Link to Full Article Below:

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/davante-adams-cut-contract-rumors/
Excerpts from a 11/23/24 article from the bvm sports desk viewed at WWW.BVMSPORTS.COM

Jets May Cut Struggling WR Davante Adams Amid Disappointing Season​

With his age and diminishing stats, the market for Adams could be limited this offseason, possibly reducing his value to around $13 million per year.

What's Next
Adams is likely facing a contract overhaul this offseason, with potential interest from contending teams looking for a veteran receiver. If the Jets release him, he could negotiate a more favorable deal, possibly seeking a return to the Green Bay Packers or joining other contenders like the Bills or Chiefs.

Link to Full Article Below:

https://bvmsports.com/2024/11/23/jets-may-cut-struggling-wr-davante-adams-amid-disappointing-season/
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In this day of the internet just about anyone can start their own website and call it whatever sports dot com and post their opinion and so many people think that because it's online and it's a sports page that they are right. Unless it's by a respected reporter or from a recognized source I usually take them with a grain of salt.

That said, neither one of the articles you posted said anything about Adams being released this yr. It's a lock that they will restructure or much more likely release Adams after the season. Thejets are on the hook for 11+mil for Adams in 24 and that is guaranteed,in fact they restructured part of that to be more cap friendly so it does them no good to release him this yr
St. Widge said
The negative on Adams is that he will be 32 and signing him would likely mean that we won't have the money to upgrade the DL and/or LG. I get that the cap is flexible, but Loomis has said that he wants to get it closer to the norm and that is what he has done for the past 3 off seasons outside of the Carr signing. Last year in particular we spent very little. And I expect that to be the case for the next year or two.

The result is that paying Adams has an opportunity cost in that you don't have the money to upgrade the DL or LG. And that doesn't make sense to me when there are so many 2nd to mid-round WRs that come out in the draft every year producing at a high level year one and beyond. You don't so much see that on the DL and we really need to spend money in free agency and use draft picks to fix the DL.

And the truth is that we need more of an upgrade on the DL than we do a WR. We at least have some good pieces at WR for a position that we often only have two on the field. You almost always have 4 DL, if not more, on the field and we basically only have Granderson and Breese as players on the line. The rest range from just a guy to bad and some will be free agents (Young and Kpassagnon).
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I think our 2 biggest needs are DL and WR not so much in that order. Olave is very much uncertain. I think he comes back but how much can we count on him? He may be 1 concussion away from ever playing again. We seem to be just slightly better at drafting WRs than we are at drafting DL. My 1st choice is if we make any kind of FA mild splash signing is we sign a DL and preferably a DT that can push the pocket and be a run stopper, and by pushing the pocket making whoever is playing the edge more effective

That leaves us to draft a big contested catch WR in the draft like a Tre Harris. If we don't sign a DL in FA then I would consider Adams if we could get him for under 2yrs @ 20 mil including incentives. I think we need to use FA to fill at least 1 of those needs. Because of his chemistry with DC Adans make at least some sense