Report: Packers to Trade Davante Adams to Raiders in Blockbuster Deal
The Packers are trading wide receiver Davante Adams to the Raiders for two picks in the 2022 NFL draft, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
In signing with the Raiders, Adams gets a new contract worth $141.25 million over five years, averaging $28.25 million a season. He becomes the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL, according NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The Packers were willing to match what the Raiders were offering Davante Adams pay-wise (5 years, $141.25M, per @RapSheet), but Adams preferred to play elsewhere, per @RobDemovsky.
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 18, 2022
Aaron Rodgers was aware of the developments with Adams as they unfolded in recent days. pic.twitter.com/1vXLqbUv9s
Las Vegas will send a 2022 first-round pick (No. 22) and a 2022 second-round pick (No. 53) to Green Bay in exchange for Adams, according to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer.
Full trade terms ...
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 18, 2022
Raiders get: WR Davante Adams.
Packers get: 2022 first- and second-round picks (22nd and 53rd overall).
On Monday, Adams told Green Bay that he would not play under the franchise tag in 2022, according to Rapoport.
The Packers placed the franchise tag on Adams last week following the contract extension given to star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, which made him the highest-paid player in NFL history.
Per Rapoport, Rodgers signed the contract knowing Adams was not going to play for Green Bay again.
Adams started 16 of the 17 games for the Packers last season, hauling in 123 receptions for a career-high 1,553 yards and 11 touchdowns. He will turn 30 in December.
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