{"id":131822,"date":"2022-03-17T23:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T03:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=131822"},"modified":"2022-03-17T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T03:23:34","slug":"green-bay-packers-trade-davante-adams-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/03\/17\/green-bay-packers-trade-davante-adams-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers Trade Davante Adams to Las Vegas Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_self\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> have traded star wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AdamDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davante Adams<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> in return for a first and second-round pick. Adams had spent the entirety of his career with the Packers up to this point.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full, full compensation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Raiders<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Packers<\/a> blockbuster:<br \/>\u2014 Raiders get Davante Adams.<br \/>\u2014 Packers get a 1st and a 2nd.<br \/>\u2014 Adams gets a 5-year deal worth $141.25M.<\/p>\n<p>The money matters and is a big factor in the trade value.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1504613039282266112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Davante Adams Traded to Las Vegas Raiders<\/h2>\n<p>This is an unexpected move that further bolsters an already stacked AFC West and gives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CarrDe02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Carr<\/a> likely his best wideout ever, and certainly his best since he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CoopAm00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amari Cooper<\/a>. The Packers had initially given Adams the franchise tag, which he refused to sign and which presumably led to this. After the trade, the Raiders are giving Adams a five-year extension worth $141 million which will make him the highest-paid receiver in the league.<\/p>\n<p>For the Packers part, this leaves them without a clear number one receiver. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RodgAa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobDemovsky\/status\/1504606438425088003\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apparently aware of all of this<\/a> even before he signed his extension to remain with Green Bay. Since they are getting nothing but draft picks in return, the question now is if they will sign a new receiver or two in free agency or trade for one.<\/p>\n<p>Adams was drafted by the Packers in 2014 and remained a depth piece in the midst of a more stacked receiving corps up until 2016 when he finally broke out with 75 receptions for 997 yards and 12 touchdowns. His breakout as a top-tier receiver came in 2018 when he had 111 receptions for 1,386 yards and 13 touchdowns. He finished with 18 touchdowns in 2020 and is coming off a career year in 2021 with 123 receptions for 1,553 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has made the Pro Bowl every year since 2017 and went All-Pro in 2020 and 2021. Adams will be looking to keep his elite numbers going in the years to come with Derek Carr and the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far in his career, Adams has a total of 669 receptions for 8,121 yards and 73 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"XCdvq1SNRpxEhpuh5ZBjvQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1361136928\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'XCdvq1SNRpxEhpuh5ZBjvQ',sig:'oi3s2rU_7v8PDLidDi0lQYzViui0l6Owfk2Nq2tPYIM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1361136928',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers have completed a trade sending Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders in return for higher draft picks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2355,"featured_media":131823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1039,246],"class_list":["post-131822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","tag-davante-adams","tag-nfl-news"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}