The Jets tried to trade for Davante Adams before last Tuesday's deadline but were rejected by the Raiders, sources told ESPN.
Marcus Spears details how the grass won't necessarily be greener for Davante Adams after the Raiders fired Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler. before last Tuesday's trade deadline to see if there was any way Las Vegas would consider trading star wide receiverTrading for Adams was a move the Jets had debated, discussed and planned for throughout the summer, sources told ESPN, as New York was waiting for the moment to reach out to Las Vegas to land the three-time All-Pro.
One league source told ESPN it would be interesting to think what might have happened if Raiders owner Mark Davis had fired McDaniels and Ziegler immediately after Monday night's 26-14 loss, setting in motion a sea of changes before the Tuesday 4 p.m. ET trade deadline rather than after it. But it did not happen that way, and the Raiders' brain trust, now out of jobs, was not interested in the Jets' advances, even as some around New York's organization waited to see if general manager Joe Douglas could pull off the deal.
"We made a lot of calls on a lot of different positions," Douglas said earlier this week."But it takes two to tango. We made a lot of calls, but we didn't get a lot of deals done." One reason the Jets were able to make calls is because of Rodgers' willingness to give back $35 million last summer, reducing the $110 million that he was owed on his two-year deal to $75 million.During an appearance last Tuesday on"The Pat McAfee Show," Rodgers hinted that there might be some big moves ahead before the deadline, indicating he knew what the Jets were trying to do before the Raiders ultimately rejected them.
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