The Las Vegas Raiders will have to make a big decision on Davante Adams’ future with the team before the 2025 season, if not sooner. A team insider thinks the current contract for Adams has to be changed by the Raiders because of a major cap hit coming.
Davante Adams was wasted by Josh McDaniels
The Raiders traded for Adams during the 2022 offseason in the hopes he could help lead Derek Carr and company to the playoffs. However, the former Green Bay Packers star was a standout on a team that was hamstrung by the Josh McDaniels era. Adams is an expensive luxury on a team that doesn’t have a long-term solution at the QB1 position.
The Las Vegas Raiders have an ‘untenable’ situation with Adams
Tashan Reed with The Athletic wrote about one contract the Raiders will have to keep tabs on this year. Reed called Adams’ contract “untenable” because of his 2025 cap hit number:
“Adams is under contract through 2026, but the Raiders have a decision to make next offseason. His 2025 cap hit of $44.1 million is untenable and needs to be worked down via a contract restructure or extension to provide the team with cap relief.
On the other hand, there’s an off-ramp if things take a turn for the worst between Adams and the Raiders. If they traded him next offseason, they would free up $28.4 million in cap space. Either way, 2025 marks an inflection point between Adams and the Raiders”
Adams could be traded by the Nov. 5 deadline
Adams has been the focal point of trade rumors since the beginning of the 2023 offseason. That won’t change before the 2025 offseason. If the Raiders have a slow start to their 2024 campaign, Adams could be traded by the Nov. 5 deadline.
Adams is a great player, but he doesn’t fit with a Raiders team in rebuild mode. Adams is a “win now” type of receiver, and the Raiders would do better to put that cap space in other players while they figure out a plan at quarterback. Should the Raiders draft a quarterback next year, the team will have two young tight ends to aid in the rookie’s development.
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