Will the Raiders trade Davante Adams during the season?
ESPN’s Mina Kimes thinks they will, and she connected the Raiders’ All Pro wide receiver to a team that isn’t projected to be in playoff contention for another year or two.
“I think the Raiders are going to be a bad football team and while I don’t think the Commanders, I don’t have them as a playoff team, I think by mid-season they will have won enough games and seen enough with Jayden Daniels where they want to invest in [Davante Adams] mid-season,” Kimes said on the Dominique Foxworth Show.
“The thing about Davante Adams… his contract is, I think, very attractive to a team that wants to keep him around for some time. It’s very tradable. It’s $35 million a year after this season, but that’s all salary, so you could trade for him [and] restructure and keep him in the building for a long time.”
What Kimes might not have known is Adams actually pointed to Daniels several months ago as a rookie quarterback that stood out to him going into the draft.
“I’m not great with college football, I don’t know [everything] that’s going on out there, but I did pay a little bit of attention to Jayden Daniels,” Adams said in January.
“I know he was a good tough [quarterback] and obviously he won the Heisman, so he’s a great player. That’s somebody that I think could come in and be a decent player… You never know, but that’s somebody I’ve seen that look like he can throw. He’s an athlete. He can kind of throw on the run, make plays with his legs and all that. That’s crucial in today’s game.”
For now, the Raiders are focused on winning with Adams, but the team has a big decision coming in November if the wins aren’t piling up or the offense is sputtering.
“[Davante Adams] is probably the one star player that if the team starts off poorly, we’re going to talk a lot about him in trade rumors,’ league insider Ari Meirov said on the NFL Spotlight podcast last week. “The reason I say that is not just because he might get frustrated because the quarterback play is not good. When you look at Davante Adams’ contract, he has no more guaranteed after this season.”
“When Davante Adams signed his contract, the last two years there are two inflated non-guaranteed base salaries in there… the chances of him seeing that money in 2025 and 2026 is very unlikely, even though [he] is a very good player,” Meirov continued. “In essence, as long as this contract stays the way it is and they don’t adjust it before the season starts, this could very well be his last season in Vegas, anyway. If this team does start off poorly at the trade deadline in November… I think Davante Adams is going to be a trade candidate.”
x: @raidersbeat
What are you smoking???
These Raiders never get respect from just about anyone in media. Give em a chance this year before you write them off completely. They are far from complete offensively, but there should be some developmental hope for playoff contention, maybe.
Mina, you don’t know nearly what you think you do about football! How did you get that job? DEI?
I have enjoyed mina kines articles but alas turns out she’s just another click bait fraud. Devante Adam’s isn’t going anywhere and loves the raiders. The Raiders will win this season. So called sports “journalist” like kines couldn’t name five Raiders on this year’s team. What a waste of talent she’s become.
I think if he became available, the Saints might make a move. Carr would like that. With Adams and Olave to pass to, they could very well win their division. I think Adams would like that, too.
Assuming the Raiders would actually try to trade him.
Get off the broomstick Mina. You are clueless. Where is your source from the internet? Devante is going to be the best receiver in the NFL this year. All of you Raider Haters buckle up it’s going to be a fun ride. Everyone hates us gives us more ego, will and determination to prove all the little 5’3 millineal reporters wrong sorry rosenthall.
I don’t think he wants traded, but the only way they can kill that talk is re-do his contract now. If he’s not tradec during the season, I think he/they will have to come to a tough decision next off season, cause no way is he seeing those inflated numbers, and no player wants to play on non guaranteed money