Davante Adams commerce: 6 winners and losers from Jets-Raiders deal

The long-awaited Davante Adams commerce is lastly right here.

After weeks of hypothesis, Adams is headed to the AFC East and a reunion with Aaron Rodgers with the New York Jets. The commerce was finalized on Tuesday morning and the extensive receiver is already within the constructing, hoping he may help flip round New York’s season. Due to Monday night time’s 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Payments the Jets now sit at 2-4 on the yr, and have already fired head coach Robert Saleh.

Can Adams assist flip issues round? That might be a storyline to look at over the remainder of the 2024 NFL season. However who stands to learn from this commerce, and who may be licking their wounds after this transfer? Listed here are some winners and losers from the Davante Adams commerce.

Winners: Las Vegas Raiders

Sure, the Las Vegas Raiders are shedding out on one of many sport’s most gifted extensive receivers.

Nevertheless, a number of features to this commerce make this a win for Las Vegas, even with Adams leaving city. First, the Raiders are getting one thing in return for the extensive receiver, a conditional third-round decide that may turn out to be a second-round decide primarily based on Adams’ efficiency.

The opposite cause this can be a win for the Raiders? The monetary implications.

In line with Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Jets are assuming the rest of the receiver’s contract:

Losers: New Orleans Saints

When rumors first emerged relating to a possible Adams commerce, two groups have been instantly on the listing: The Jets, for a possible reunion with Aaron Rodgers, and the Saints, for a possible reunion with Derek Carr.

With Adams going to the Jets, and never the Saints, that makes this a loss for New Orleans. Including insult to harm is the truth that a season that started so nicely for the Saints has began to slide away from them. After New Orleans started the yr with two straight blowout wins they’ve dropped 4 straight video games, and Carr himself is sidelined with an indirect harm. New Orleans is sitting at 2-4, trailing each the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the division.

Adams would have supplied a lift, however now he’s headed elsewhere.

Winners: Cleveland Browns

With Adams off the board, Amari Cooper turns into the perfect accessible extensive receiver (if he wasn’t already). At 1-5, the Browns probabilities of making the NFL playoffs are very low based on FanDuel, and everybody who has watched them play. Cooper hasn’t been his standard stellar self this season however after being rumored within the Brandon Aiyuk saga this offseason, groups desirous about buying and selling for him might be understanding.

Cleveland now has a number of weeks to leverage groups towards one another and wait out any attainable accidents at receiver. Barring somebody shocking coming accessible, the Browns have the perfect participant at an important place to assist restock for his or her future.

Winner: Aaron Rodgers

It’s been an up and down yr for Rodgers via six weeks. He’s been a middling quarterback for a lot of the season, however Adams brings a big piece of fireside energy to the offense. Garrett Wilson and Alan Lazard have been the highest two receivers, however Adams ought to present a lift to an offense that ranks twenty third in DVOA. The protection was already stable, however including Adams ought to give the offense a … shot within the arm.

Losers: Baltimore Ravens

Adams despatched the soccer world right into a frenzy just lately when he shared a picture of legendary American poet Edgar Allan Poe on social media. That submit on Instagram led many to consider that the extensive receiver may very well be headed to the Baltimore Ravens.

Including Adams to the Ravens offense would have given Baltimore’s passing sport an enormous enhance, and created a nightmare state of affairs for opposing defensive coordinators. Not solely would they should account for Derrick Henry, together with Lamar Jackson, within the run sport however now they must sport plan for a premier extensive receiver.

As a substitute, Adams is headed to the AFC East, and the Ravens might want to forge forward with out Adams. Nonetheless, in current weeks the Ravens offense has been very profitable, main some to consider Baltimore might need probably the most “dangerous” offense within the NFL.

So they could nonetheless be simply advantageous with Adams in New York.

Loser: Mike Williams

What a horrible 12 hours or so for Williams.

The dynamic between he and Rodgers has been inconsistent to say the least, the ultimate offensive play for the Jets final night time being the largest instance.

After the sport, Rodgers mentioned that Williams was within the incorrect place for that cross, and it simply reveals how off they’ve been this season.

Now, Adams enters the fold, making Williams function diminished. He’s the skin receiver who can go up and get the ball, he finds himself because the odd man out of a receiver rotation that now has Adams (a man Rodgers has an intensive rapport with), Garrett Wilson (a receiver who is best than him) and Allen Lazard (a receiver Rodgers has an intensive rapport with). Williams play hasn’t really rebounded after being damage for many of 2023, and with Adams now within the fold this might imply the top of the Williams tenure in New York.

I might count on Williams to be moved earlier than the commerce deadline.