A little more goes into than that, especially if your site is profitable. First and foremost, it's a business, the likes that you nor I are part of, or we wouldn't be here.
Sure, a lot of people are gullible and believe most of what they read, see, and hear but most people have an opinion of their own even after digesting the information being fed to them, which is why we come here to discuss such topics. I happen to fall into the latter category, and I'm certain you do as well. However, I don't assume someone is right or wrong about their opinion regardless of the platform they used to share it.
Respect should be earned not just given to the person with the loudest speaker. Many of them are wrong all the time but because of the size of the soapbox which they speak from they are continued to be looked up to. And the beat goes on.
You're right, neither did. But they also didn't specifically way when either.
They were both based off the original column by Alex Balentine of Bleacher Report on 11/21/24.
Here's another take by Max Dibble on 11/23/24 of Athlon Sports, an excerpt that follows:
Jets Advised to Cut Ties With $140 Million Star Due To Rodgers Controversy
Aaron Rodgers isn't likely to be the
New York Jets quarterback come 2025, if he even lasts the remainder of the season.
As such, the franchise has been advised to preemptively cut ties with wide receiver
Davante Adams before trade demands and internal conflict make an even bigger mess out of what is already a catastrophic situation in New York.
The wideout will enter his age-33 campaign next fall with two years remaining on his
$140 million contract.
As such, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report suggested on Nov. 21 that if the Jets are ready to dive headfirst into yet another rebuild, the savings they can find by
releasing Adams are too good to pass up.
"It isn't like the 31-year-old can't produce at a high level, though;
it's the fact that this Jets team could be in for a complete remodel once Rodgers moves on,"
Ballentine wrote. "Adams just went through that with the Raiders, so
it's hard to imagine him being excited about sticking around for another rebuild. The Jets would clear an astounding
$30 million against the (salary) cap
by cutting him."
Of course, it is worth it for New York to at least explore an Adams trade first. Given the downturn in production and the cost of his contract,
the Jets would probably be looking at a Day 3 pick in return for Adams next spring, and that's the best-case scenario.
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One can assume the suggestion to move on from Adams to be after this season is over, but using the word
preemptively in this way to me simply means sooner than later, or before otherwise expected.
The Jets are in total meltdown in the midst of a horrible season and have already fired their Head Coach and their G.M. Woody Johnson sees himself as a serious owner and intends to right the ship while he's still in charge of the franchise. If the team continues to lose this season it's not beyond reason to think both Rodgers and Adams could be released before seasons end. That might just be doing both of them a favor as they each could sign and play with a contender this year.
The $11+ mil the Jets are on the hook for in 24 for Adams is water under the bridge. Just because they're invested in him for 2024 doesn't mean they must keep him. He also has a per game active roster bonus of $510 dollars. Therefore, keeping him on the roster the remaining 6 games will cost the Jets another $3 mil.
The Saints restructured the contract of Marshon Lattimore earlier this year reducing his 2024 salary from $15 mil to a low base salary of $1.21 mil and an option bonus of $13.79 mil due and payable on September 1st, 2024, by whichever team he was on. Cap ramifications prohibited trading Latt before June 1st, but they had 3 months to do so without having to pay out the $13.79 mil option bonus. They chose to keep Lattimore and pay out the option bonus and roughly half of his 2024 base salary before making a deal to trade him away on the final trade deadline day of November 5th. Essentially the Saints swallowed over $14 mil for Lattimore to be on the roster for less than half of the season. The point I'm making here is that teams don't necessarily look backwards while they are forward thinking. There are other recent examples other than Lattimore to prove this to be true. Russ with Denver and Danny Dimes with the Giants also come to mind.
Adams has 2 years left on his contract with the Jets with base salaries of $35.64 million each season for 2025 and 2026 but those years are non-guaranteed.
The Jets and nobody else is going to pay Adams $35.64 million in 2025 much less in 2026. If the Jets go into the 2025 season with Adams still on the roster, they will have to either renegotiate a new contract with him at drastically reduced numbers, cut him, or trade him. Any team trading for him would require a renegotiated contract as part of the deal. Adams has the upper hand with the Jets going into the 2025 season. If he doesn't want to play there, he could force the Jets to release or trade him simply by not renegotiating his contract. If he wants to remain and play there, he has to be wanted by the team.
At this point unless the Jets feel certain that they can work out a fair and reasonable renegotiated contract with Adams prior to the 2025 season they have no solid reason to stay tethered to him any longer. The question at this point should be is it worth investing another $3 million in a player for the remainder of the 2024 season to have a first chance at a renegotiated 2025 contract and/or a trade that probably only garners a day 3 pick? Should the Jets invest another $3 mil in a player for a day 3 pick in 2025 while in the midst of a losing season? It's not my money but it doesn't sound like smart money to me.
I'm not saying the Jets will release Adams at some point in the remainder of the 2024 season, but I wouldn't be shocked if they did. Same with Rodgers.
Woody Johnson has lots of decisions to make for the Jets future. I expect he will make those decisions based on what he thinks is best for the Jets and nobody else.