Former Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams forced his way out of Las Vegas and now he’s only a matter of weeks from forcing his way out of New York.
On Sunday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said Adams made a point to maintain his contract leverage with the Jets so he could control his situation in the offseason. If things don’t go well in New York – which they have not – Adams can refuse to restructure his deal and the Jets will have no choice but to release him.
Adams is on the books for $35.64 million in 2025 and 2026, and based on his production, he is aware that his value is only a fraction of that amount. The former All-Pro receiver isn’t happy in New York, and it’s a virtual guarantee this pal Aaron Rodgers will be finding a new team or retiring after the season.
Adams and Rodgers have been taking subtle shots at the organization for the past couple of weeks and it was Adams who stepped to the microphone on Tuesday. Adams appeared on the Up and Adams Show on Tuesday and was asked a pointed question about the Jets by host Kay Adams.
“I’m getting the sense that you don’t feel like you can win there. That the [Jets] can’t win,” Kay Adams said in a question to Davante.
“Well, not this year. That’s for sure,” Adams responded. “Every year is a new year, and it takes a new year, a new chance to turn things around, so I’m not saying this organization is just cursed forever…”
From there, Adams circled back to the Raiders.
“It’s really frustrating, but it was the right thing to do,” Adams added about his decision to leave the Raiders. “It made sense. Nobody can look at this move and say it made more sense for me to stay in Vegas in the situation I was in there. If they do, then they just hatin’ and just talking like how they do.”
“If you look at the numbers, it’s like if you going to war and somebody saying you got a knife and everybody else got rifles, and then somebody finds a rifle and they hand you a rifle… so you start going and you go to shoot the rifle, and it jams up. That’s like saying, ‘Ah… I should have just kept the knife.’ No, you did the right thing by grabbing the rifle, it just didn’t work the way you intended it to. Sometimes that happens and you got to live with that.”
For the second week in a row, Adams has brought up the Raiders without being provoked or asked about them.
He called the Raiders situation “helpless and hopeless” while he was there, and last week said no one knows what he was going through in Las Vegas.
“[I’m] extremely disappointed in the win-loss column, but as far as making the move, I don’t regret it. Not even one bit,” Adams told members of the media last week. “Nobody really, period, knows what I was going through and knows the reasons why it had to be this way.”
x: @raidersbeat
Does the RaiderBeat now work for the New York Jets?
Who gives a sh*t what a Jet WR says? Especially one that is already mathematically out of the playoffs.
Try doing stories on the Raiders. If I wanted NY Jet crap articles, I’d sign up for their mailings.
Right On Bro💯👊✌️
Are you really pointing out how bad the Jets are and they they are out of the playoffs? Do you not watch this dumpster fire of a team every week? The man is mostly right, hate him or not. You should be more worried about how players do not want to play here and will not want to come here instead of wasting time trashing other teams and ex players.
From the Dainty Diva who Just Single Handedly lost a Game for his New Team on Sunday!!! He has become a Joke – in fact sounds like he is trying to convince himself that he did the Right thing by throwing his former team under the Bus…Way past his Prime on So Many Levels
Adams is a clown and his time has passed.
No love for DaVontae. Just don’t care. Maybe if he played as hard as whines, he’d get back to the pro bowl and maybe superbowl. But he’s the kinda guy that points fingers, instead of steppin up and being a leader. He should be grateful for his successful years with the Packers. As we can all see now, he was just a small piece of that success, but now feels entitled every time he steps on the field. More gratitude, less entiltedment for the man who will never get a gold jacket would serve him better in his wanning years. Look at all the recent top pick WRs, they all out perform sorry ol Adams.
Diva Davante thinking he could leave one losing organization and thinking he can win with another losing organization like the Jets us laughable! This guy needs to STFU and play! You get paid to PLAY you loud mouth fing diva! I hope the Jets release this clown and the Browns pick him up!
Winnie hut jr
I wish DA17 would shut up and move on, we have, as fans.
Done with that deva!
I lose more respect for DA every time he opens his mouth. Gotta blame others and cast shade. You made the choice, move on. Deal with your current situation and quit yapping about how bad it was with the Raiders. Both teams have been terrible. How’s that grass over there now? He is declining and whatever team ends up with him gets a player that wants top $ while not giving top effort. Go wash your car.
Yah Adams just return the money you stole from the Raiders. Hamstring my rear. You are 10 lbs of doodoo in a 2 lb sack.Your playing days are behind you. Take up lawn bowling with your pal Mr Rodger’s neighborhood. Gimpy and done also.so tired of these waaaaay overrated overpaid jerks. Just stfu already! Pass that on to Josh Jacob’s also. He needs a roll of duct tape around his mouth.👄
I’m seeing issues in shader sanders. I know he’s good but not great. He may have some character issues already. I don’t care for his social presence at all. The chains the rap the attitude. Maybe we should go with ward or Milroe. They seem to be more of the dual threat qb. I just don’t want another Jamarcus Russell to deal with.
Jamarcus Russell was big Al’s boy. He could throw from the 5 yard line to the moon. But put him on the Beach he couldn’t hit the Ocean.😊
Raiders Beat now Devante’s Beef? Time to move on.
Raiders should of got rid of Adams the year before when mcIdiot sent carr to saints. Mr. Davis, take of business. It’s your team and money, not the players team. You and the uppers in the raiders need to work together to make to RAIDERS what they used to be. BEEN TOO LONG!!!
Davante is still a great receiver in the right system. Unfortunately for him that system is not with the Raiders or Jets. Shoulda stuck with the Packers man.
He didn’t want to be in Vegas so we hy do I have to hear him whine about New York? Just retire already.
Davante Adams was that knife. He ain’t a big gun for NYJ either.
Playing for the Jets musy be like running a marathon in a volcano while barefoot.
Divante needs to shut his mouth. He is not and never was a Raider. Once a Raider always a Raider does not apply to that pos. Divante can latch the f on.
Davante was supposed to be the gun in the fight. You quit on your team for selfish/personal reasons and look what it got you.
The Team. The Team. The Team!
Sore loser DIVAnte Add Dumbs if the jets dont work out thugging cameramen might
😂 what a dumb analogy.
It was never about the winning with him it was about lack of targets.