Davante Adams indicators five-year contract with Las Vegas Raiders value $141.25 million; The NFL Community experiences that Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was conscious of business discussions between Adams and the workforce earlier than restructuring his personal deal to remain at Inexperienced Bay earlier this month.
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Inexperienced Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams heads to the Las Vegas Raiders after a large enterprise deal between the 2 groups
ESPN and the NFL Community reported Thursday that the Inexperienced Bay Packers are buying and selling two-time All-Professional huge receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders for a bundle that features a first-round choose on this 12 months’s draft.
Adams additionally receives a brand new five-year contract from the Raiders value $141.25 million, making him the best paid recipient and a non-Quarterback within the NFL, in line with experiences. It has a median annual worth of $28.25 million per 12 months, exceeding DeAndre Hopkins’ $27.3 million per 12 months cope with the Arizona Cardinals.
The Packers are additionally set to obtain a second-round choose on this 12 months’s draft, in line with experiences. This 12 months’s Raiders first spherical choose was ranked twenty second and their second spherical choose ranked 53rd.
Adams was awarded the franchise lower than two weeks in the past by The Packers, blocking his approach to an unrestricted free company with a one-year deal that may pay him greater than $20 million for 2023.
However Adams advised Packers he would not play beneath the tag, with the NFL Community reporting that he was annoyed with the franchise final summer season as a result of long-term contract negotiations with the entrance workplace.
The identical report mentioned quarterback Aaron Rodgers discovered of Adams’s discontent and the following enterprise discussions earlier than restructuring his cope with the Packers this month.
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The commerce is a daring transfer by new Raiders coach Josh McDaniels, normal supervisor Dave Ziegler and one other from the loaded AFC West division.
Because the groups attempt to seize Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the Denver Broncos have changed quarterback Russell Wilson and the Los Angeles Chargers have acquired edge rider Khalil Mack and a back-up within the type of JC Jackson.
Davante Adams (left) and Derek Carr (proper), former Fresno State school teammates, might be reunited in Las Vegas
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has a strong historical past with Adams, because the duo performed two seasons collectively at school in Fresno State. Of their remaining 12 months in 2013, the Adams had 131 catches for 1,719 yards and 24 TDs.
Adams has been one of the crucial productive receivers within the NFL in recent times. His 432-yard catches, 5,310 receiving yards and 47 TD receptions have led the NFL over the previous 4 seasons.
He had 123 catches for 1,553 yards and 11 TDs final season when he performed his second consecutive All-Professional.
