The Davante Adams saga is pretty wild. Here we have a borderline Hall of Fame wide receiver who asked to be traded out of Green Bay in order to facilitate joining his college buddy Derek Carr in Las Vegas. Then after Carr got let go, he realized he was stuck in a bad spot and once his coach liked an Instagram post suggesting he was going to be traded or could be traded or might want to be traded or whatever, Adams suddenly has an injured hamstring. And now, apparently, is actually getting traded.
Now by all accounts his hammy is actually hurt and teams who are trying to acquire him know that. But adding to the insanity is Adams only wanting to play for the Jets … or the Saints. He really, really loves Derek Carr! And Rodgers obviously.
I think Adams is an awesome player. No question about it. But I do wonder if he necessarily puts either the Jets or the Saints over the top in their quest for a Super Bowl.
The Jets went out and got Mike Williams this offseason to be their No. 2 next to Garrett Wilson. Allen Lazard was already there as well, because he’s friends with Rodgers. Adams is better than both guys, but there’s already an issue in getting the ball to a star wide receiver (Wilson) in New York right now. Do we think Adams is separating so much at this stage of his career that defenses will simply be unable to focus on Wilson and he’ll explode? Is the goal of an Adams trade to try and help Wilson? Or so Adams can light up defenses on his own? The Jets have more fundamental problems up front right now. They can’t run the ball and Wilson hasn’t been a major factor.
You could say something similar for the Saints as well. The already have Chris Olave! Adams would be a fun addition, I suppose, but with their offensive line injuries, there are other places they could improve their team first.
Adams is a worthy gamble at a cheap cost for a team struggling on offense and…
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