End of the day, you acquire Adams for this season and then figure out a restructured deal in the off season or you have to cut him if you can’t. Cause it would be a $35.6 mill cash and cap charge if he plays on the current contract in 2025. Doable, but most clubs would at the very least convert some of that base into a bonus to lower the cap hit by $10 mill or so.Could see the Bills, Jets and Chiefs all come knocking.
No shot he stays in the division but i could at least see them asking. More than likely he shacks up with his old buddy Aaron in New York. Especially with how Garrett Wilson has seemingly forgot how to play football to start this season.
He has under 50% ownership. But, even if the other owners all pooled the shares together, Davis is the controlling owner in terms of football/business decisions.The only damn thing Mark Davis has done since bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas was getting himself a 26 year old girlfriend for his soon to be 70 year old ass.
This guy has no football sense like his dad, sell the f***ing team to a competent owner.
The more cap they are willing to eat the greater their chances.One of the least surprising turn of events in the NFL. I think most people, including Raiders fans, knew this was coming with how much smoke there has been for better part of a year now. We'll see what happens but I really doubt they get a second round pick for him, let alone a second round pick+.
He has under 50% ownership. But, even if the other owners all pooled the shares together, Davis is the controlling owner in terms of football/business decisions.
But, agreed, the guy is terrible. Been bad for like 2 decades with senile Al and incompetent Mark.
Guy simply can't hire a front office an HC. You keep swapping out HC every 3-4 years, what do we see, a bunch of guys who don't get a 2nd contract because they don't fit the new system. So, never have any continuity.
Reggie McKenzie/Del Rio, to Gruden/Mayock (mostly Gruden though), Zeigler/McDaniels, to former Chargers GM and Pierce. Just constant change.
Raiders IMO have blown their shot at building a home field advantage. LV is a destination and with the NFL being a once a week event, people will fly out on Friday night/Saturday to go to LV to watch their team play, so always going to be games where the fans are about 50/50 depending on which team it is. Steelers, 49ers, Cowboys, Packers, teams like that, are going to have a large section of fans. Raiders needed to be good coming out of Covid and they haven't been. Gruden's emails, to Josh disaster to now Pierce, it's not been good.
So is Adams the guy Pierce was referring to as making "business decisions"?
Enough clubs are trying to win, I think if LV retains on Adams to drop his cap hit to around $5 mill or lower there would be several clubs looking to add him. Again, would have to be similar to the L. Williams retention to get the 2nd that they are looking for.Don't know if he fits with Washington's timeline, they're a young team that don't even know if they're decent yet.
I think he fits in better as the missing piece on a contending team like Buffalo to put them over the top.
It isn't worth the cost to lost draft position(by more wins) and draft picks for a non-material gain like Adams. Washington is not winning a Super Bowl or going deep in the playoffs with the pile of garbage on their Defense(reliable for one catastrophic TD every game for multiple seasons now, and often more). There will be bumps in the road, as teams get tape and counter the current strategies employed by Kingsbury for Daniels.Enough clubs are trying to win, I think if LV retains on Adams to drop his cap hit to around $5 mill or lower there would be several clubs looking to add him. Again, would have to be similar to the L. Williams retention to get the 2nd that they are looking for.
Buffalo has a 2nd rounder from Houston. KC has a 3rd rounder from Tenn. Jets, with ARod's age, might as well push their chips in. Baltimore, do they want to push their chips in? Pitt, I don't think Adams would bet on Fields. Detroit, have WR. Should seek help on D if they add. Houston, already moved their 2nd for Diggs and have Collins. Wash, with Daniels on his rookie deal, now would be the time to strike. Dotson didn't pan out for them and they would love someone opposite McLauren.
Adams is 32 at Xmas. Still one of the top WR in the game.
With regards to his contract, he's not making $35.6 mill next season. Adams knows that. Can you work out a deal that will basically pay him about $50 mill over 2 seasons for 2025 and 2026? You'd structure it to take a $20 mill cap hit in both seasons and push about $10 mill of that charge to year 3 in 2027 at which time, you'd likely cut him.
With regards to his contract, he's not making $35.6 mill next season. Adams knows that. Can you work out a deal that will basically pay him about $50 mill over 2 seasons for 2025 and 2026? You'd structure it to take a $20 mill cap hit in both seasons and push about $10 mill of that charge to year 3 in 2027 at which time, you'd likely cut him.
Do you know how many ankle bracelets would go off if the old Raiders fan base crossed the state line?Raiders IMO have blown their shot at building a home field advantage.
It depends on whether that club is ok with Adams as a rental for this season. Then maybe either flip him for a later pick in the off season to a team of his preference or if he holds firm on not restructuring in the offseason to get to his spot, the final resort is to cut him.My question - and I don't expect anyone will have an answer on it, just speculating on what might affect how this goes down - is whether Adams will use agreeing to a restructure as leverage to get to a preferred destination or not.