The Davante Adams era for the Las Vegas Raiders is finally coming to an end. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the wide receiver is getting traded to the New York Jets.
The Raiders will be getting a conditional third-round pick that turns into a second based on performance. This has been a frustrating saga for fans of Las Vegas and it’ll likely only get more frustrating. Adams posted a video on his Instagram Story of his daughter screaming in excitement.
It’s been a rough season for Raiders fans so seeing one of their best players this excited to join a 2-4 Jets team that just lost in Monday Night Football can’t be a great feeling. Regardless, it’s best that the team moved on as this situation was clearly not fixable.
The Raiders also were able to get out of having to pay any of Adams’ remaining contract, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It’s hard to see how that really helps Las Vegas as they already had a large amount of salary cap space. Not paying off Adams doesn’t really help them unless they’re planning their own big trade to add an expensive player.
However, it doesn’t seem like owner Mark Davis was interested in paying Adams’ salary so this is likely the best the team was going to do.
