The New York Jets have acquired vast receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders in change for a conditional draft choose, the groups introduced Tuesday.
The commerce will reunite Adams and quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who performed collectively on the Inexperienced Bay Packers from 2014 to 2021. Las Vegas will get a third-round choose that may escalate to a second-rounder if Adams or the crew meet sure benchmarks.
Adams, a six-time Professional Bowl choice, has 18 catches for 209 yards and one landing in three video games this season. He has not performed since Sept. 22 due to a hamstring damage.
The Jets hope Adams will have the ability to revive a passing offense that has been middling for a lot of the season. New York is averaging solely 217.2 passing yards per recreation, sixteenth within the NFL. Rodgers, in the meantime, has not thrown for 300 yards since he joined the Jets.
In eight seasons collectively on the Packers, Rodgers and Adams linked 622 instances for 7,590 yards and 69 touchdowns. Rodgers received three of his 4 MVP awards with Adams as his teammate. In 2020, Adams led all receivers with 18 touchdowns, and the subsequent 12 months he led the league in receptions and receiving yards.
The 2 linked quickly after the commerce, as Adams made a short look with Rodgers throughout the latter’s weekly Tuesday interview on “The Pat McAfee Present.”
New York is 2-4 and in third place within the AFC East after it lost to the Buffalo Bills on Monday. The Adams commerce is the crew’s second main transfer of the season after it fired head coach Robert Saleh on Oct. 8.
The Jets have misplaced three straight video games after Monday’s loss and are averaging solely 15.3 factors of their final three weeks.
The Raiders are additionally 2-4 and have misplaced three out of their final 4. The crew has struggled to seek out consistency at quarterback, as each Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell have began video games this 12 months. Las Vegas’s total passer ranking of 82.9 is eighth worst within the NFL.
Adams reportedly advised the crew he would favor to be traded final month. Las Vegas was reported to be in search of a second-round choose in change, delaying discovering a suitor.
Adams, 31, was a second-round choose of Inexperienced Bay in 2014. He spent 9 seasons with the Packers earlier than he was traded to the Raiders in March 2022. Final 12 months, Adams caught 103 passes for 1,516 yards and a league-leading 14 touchdowns.
In 153 profession video games, Adams has 890 receptions for 10,990 yards and 96 touchdowns.
