Saints at the top of Davante Adams’ wish list [Raiders trade Adams to Jets for conditional 3rd ; Jets paying Adams’ entire remaining salary] (1 Viewer)

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[St. Geezy]

Hope we don’t go overboard on the compensation, but sounds like we are all in on this.

 

[Andrus]

 

[Andrus]

 

[St. Geezy]

“Most aggressive” makes me think we are coming in with the strongest bid, potentially. Hopefully we aren’t just being used as leverage though.

Agents/teams like to strategically leak these things to the likes of Ian.

 

[jdpower13]

I feel like the Saints are the most likely team to meet the Raiders' asking price of a 2nd round pick. The Jets have 2 3rd round picks and don't need the Raiders to retain salary since they're like 17M under the cap (vs 3-4M for the Saints). Could see them trying to get him with a 3rd vs us offering a 2nd and asking the Raiders to convert some of his base salary into a bonus and paying it.

 

[St. Geezy]

I feel like the Saints are the most likely team to meet the Raiders' asking price of a 2nd round pick. The Jets have 2 3rd round picks and don't need the Raiders to retain salary since they're like 17M under the cap (vs 3-4M for the Saints). Could see them trying to get him with a 3rd vs us offering a 2nd and asking the Raiders to convert some of his base salary into a bonus and paying it.

I think this is a very logical read on the situation. Definitely a very plausible scenario unfolding.

 

[kewee]

“Most aggressive” makes me think we are coming in with the strongest bid, potentially. Hopefully we aren’t just being used as leverage though.

Agents/teams like to strategically leak these things to the likes of Ian.

I've seen this movie play out too many times. For my hearts sake, I'm gonna pretend like we have no shot..

 

[St. Widge]

I think that was a Jets fan X account fabricating a 3 team trade idea and passing it off as legit news. It’s kind of easy to get people to believe based on the needs of the teams involved. 3 team deal rarely happens in the NFL, especially a big trade.

Yeah, that sounds like an NBA fan making up trade scenarios. 3 team deals aren't really a thing very often in the NFL.

 

[austxsaintfan]

We've seen this so many times. I would love to get Davante Adams, but 1. we have to extend Kamara first to free up money and 2. we would have to get the Raiders to eat like $10m to make it work. It's not impossible but there are other teams with fewer hurdles who want him too.

 

[St. Geezy]

We've seen this so many times. I would love to get Davante Adams, but 1. we have to extend Kamara first to free up money and 2. we would have to get the Raiders to eat like $10m to make it work. It's not impossible but there are other teams with fewer hurdles who want him too.

As jdpower surmised, perhaps this is why we are being the most aggressive. We need them to eat money to facilitate the deal, so our offer, in terms of pick compensation, may very well be the best when all is said and done.

 

[wilbo71]

As a Raiders fan, I can’t see a team investing a second for him. He’s still really good, but the age thing will only make him viable for only so long. I’d trade Malcolm Tent for a 3rd and 6th and say adios muchacho.

 

[wilbo71]

As jdpower surmised, perhaps this is why we are being the most aggressive. We need them to eat money to facilitate the deal, so our offer, in terms of pick compensation, may very well be the best when all is said and done.

Wasn’t it the Texans who sent a second to the Browns to take Osweiler a few years ago, to get his $$$ off their books?

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

I’ve seen these trade sweepstakes situations in the past. The Saints are always second choice. We’re just there for competition to raise asking price.

Thank goodness for that pertaining to the Watson trade.

 

[St. Geezy]

Wasn’t it the Texans who sent a second to the Browns to take Osweiler a few years ago, to get his $$$ off their books?

Yep.