Raiders trade WR Davante Adams to Jets for conditional third-round pick

Provided his third Week 1 starting QB in as many years with Las Vegas, this time Gardner Minshew, Adams was mostly middling in the Raiders’ first outing of the 2024 season, a five-catch, 59-yard performance. However, he reminded everyone what he was capable of during the club’s Week 2 comeback win over the Ravens, as he collected nine catches, several of the gasp-worthy variety, for 110 yards and a score to help will Las Vegas to victory.

Then came an embarrassing shellacking by the Panthers, a team that had just benched 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young, which seemingly sent the dominos toppling toward divorce.

Pierce criticized players without naming names, citing some individuals making “business decisions” during the loss.

While gearing up to play the Browns in Week 4, Adams suffered a multi-week hamstring injury on Sept. 27. Las Vegas would emerge victorious without him, and on the following Monday, Oct. 1, Pierce appeared to like a social media post suggesting the WR had played his last snap as a Raider.

NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo and Rapoport reported on Oct. 2 that Adams had informed the team he preferred to be traded that same Monday.

Suitors lined up and roughly two weeks passed. Adams’ preference to be traded reportedly included a preferred landing spot of New York, and eventually he got what he wanted, following the dots so many others had already connected for him there.

As for what the Jets want, it’s the Adams that was back to making defenders look silly again in Week 2, just as he did for the majority of his tenure working with Rodgers.

With roughly two and a half seasons elapsed since their last team-up, plus Rodgers having suffered a torn Achilles and Adams now a couple months shy of 32, the same old fireworks between the two isn’t a certainty.

It will be New York’s expectation, though, and given their history it would be unwise to count them out — or the Jets during an already topsy-turvy season in Gotham.