The Green Bay Packers are trading Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders for two 2022 draft picks, including the Raiders’ first-round pick (#22 overall), league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter Thursday night.
Sources told Schefter that the Raiders were giving Adams a five-year contract.
The Packers were ready to match what the Raiders are giving Adams in his new deal, but Adams chose to play elsewhere, a source told ESPN’s Rob Demowski. The Packers used the franchise tag on Adams earlier this month.
Earlier this week, quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed a three-year, $150 million contract extension with the Packers. Sources told Schefter that Rogers was aware of the developments with Adams that had been unfolding in recent days.
Adams, who turned 29 in December, set the Packers single-season record for receptions (123) and receiving yards (1,553) last season. He became only the sixth player in NFL history to throw for 120-plus catches, 1,500-plus yards and 11-plus touchdowns in a single season.
He is the only player in NFL history to have 110-plus receptions, 1,350-plus receiving yards, and 11-plus receiving touchdowns in three seasons (2018, 2020-21) and is one of only three players in league history with 650+ receptions. , 8000 receptions. -plus receiving yards and 70+ TD receptions in his first eight seasons in the NFL; Marvin Harrison and Larry Fitzgerald are others.
A Pro Bowl selection in each of the past five seasons and a first-team All-Pro in the past two, Adams has 669 receptions for 8,121 yards and 73 touchdowns in eight seasons since he was selected by the Packers in the second round in 2014. draft.