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)

Trading for Adams (when you are trying to get out of salary cap hell) is like that gif of the sheep being rescued from the ditch and then jumping right back into it,

What if you were trying to get out of cap hell but you unexpectedly see a window of opportunity for a SB and a unique talent wants to play for you?

The way I see it, Dennis Allen has this year and next year to right the ship; he wants all chips in and I believe ML is possibly in the same boat.

Two year window, with this one being year one. We can make it work, not to mention the Raiders could hypothetically make this more financially feasible for us if they take on some of the money.

When our OL gets healthy, we may have the best shot of anyone in the NFC with Adams.
 
I just don't know how to feel about this. Part of me says to hell with it, yolo, let's get him. That's the emotional Who Dat in me. Real life Madden baby! Let's go! Davante Adams is awesome!

But the rational side of me is like, what are we talking about right now? How is this a thing? This isn't Madden. We can't be out there making trades willy nilly. Our cap is a wreck and I don't think this will help. Davante Adams is great and all but if our O line can't protect Carr then how much of a difference can a WR make?

So I've prepared two reactions. If we do indeed trade for Adams it will be the single greatest trade in Saints history. We got him for a bargain when you really think about it. The NFC is wide open and with Adams we could very well win the whole damn thing.

If he goes somewhere else then thank god. We dodged a bullet on this one. They gave up way too much for a 31 year old WR on a mega deal. Once again some team saved the Saints from themselves. With our O line issue we were going to be a legitimate contender.
Getting Adams makes sense because: We have a few players that are in the last couple yrs of playing @ a high level. Demario, 2 yrs most. AK 2yrs super outside chance of 3. Honey Badger, 2 yrs most. Taysom, 2yrs most. Lattimore 2yrs then he'll start to decline if he has not before then. Carr, 2-3 yrs and the decline starts.

It makes sense to take as much advantage of all those players while they are here mostly under contract. Signing Adams and reworking his contract into a 2-3 yr deal puts him in line with the rest of those mentioned.
I know I know all the " we need OL help " and the we need a pass rusher " talk. That's why I see us giving LV a 2nd and maybe a 6th in consideration of them eating a good portion of Tay's salary this yr.
Then we are free to use next yrs 1st and 3rd to address the OL and a pass rusher.
It also means we extend AK which is what we all want.
What all this means is that I think we become the NFC south favorite THIS yr, and a very good shot to at least make the playoffs and also to win at least 1 game. We WILL get McCoy and Ruiz back along with getting healthy in time for the weakest part of our schedule.

But just as important it sets us up to be contenders in the NFC for the next 2 yrs . It puts us very much in the all -in mode like we were when we had Brees for the next 2 yrs.
IF we have not at least made it to the SB by 26 or at the very least 27, then I'm all for BLOWING it up, New HC , QB , RB. Get the cap manageable, keep the younger core players and rebuild
 
“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 think the negotiate through the press with leaks is overstated. The Raiders and Adam's agents are both telling every interested team what their best offers are. If the Saints are making the best offer, then the Raiders and Adam's agents are both telling the Jets and other teams exactly what the Saints are offering, so what would be gained by leaking "strategic information" to the press?

When you're selling a house, do you leak information to the local news or do you tell all of the interested parties exactly what your best offer is? When you want a raise at work, do you "strategically leak" information to co-workers or do you talk to the people who can authorize a raise? If you're "strategically leaking" information to your co-workers to get a raise, you should seriously rethink that strategy.
 
I think the negotiate through the press with leaks is overstated. The Raiders and Adam's agents are both telling every interested team what their best offers are. If the Saints are making the best offer, then the Raiders and Adam's agents are both telling the Jets and other teams exactly what the Saints are offering, so what would be gained by leaking "strategic information" to the press?

When you're selling a house, do you leak information to the local news or do you tell all of the interested parties exactly what your best offer is? When you want a raise at work, do you "strategically leak" information to co-workers or do you talk to the people who can authorize a raise? If you're "strategically leaking" information to your co-workers to get a raise, you should seriously rethink that strategy.

Teams don’t disclose each other’s offers, what they have on the table from others, etc.

They just use coded language like “We need more…you need to come up,” etc.

When you’re in a true house-bidding situation, it’s blind bids. That’s the better comparison.

The Raiders aren’t telling the Jets “Hey we got a 2nd round offer from New Orleans, can you do better?” No, they just intimate that they need to do better…it’s why these things stall out a lot. Teams seeing who is bluffing, who may come up on their bid, etc.

ML actually spoke about this at one point, in respects to the draft.
 
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