Davante Adams Trade Talk: Raiders Consider Options

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00:00And we'll get to a tweet that was sent out yesterday at 4.13pm Eastern by Ian Rappaport

00:08and it stated,

00:09The Raiders star Devontae Adams informed the team that he preferred to be traded, per me

00:14and at Mike Garofalo.

00:16There's nothing imminent but a situation to watch for sure.

00:19About a half hour later, how about this one?

00:22Adam Schefter tweets out,

00:23According to ESPN sources, the Raiders have informed other teams that they would consider

00:28trading Devontae Adams for a package that would include a second round pick and additional

00:32compensation.

00:33So what it looks like is happening now is Devontae Adams finally said, you know what?

00:37I'd be okay with leaving.

00:38And the Raiders are saying, okay, let's see if we can find a trade partner and match up

00:42the compensation.

00:43But let's set the table for this year, Dubsy.

00:45As we started talking about this in the 7-7 to start the show, this is a big topic.

00:49This is an awesome wide receiver, top five in the NFL who could change the balance of

00:54power to the team he goes to, whatever division and conference he winds up in.

00:58The Raiders are 2-2 on the season.

01:01The Raiders originally brought Devontae Adams in as a star wide receiver to pair up with

01:06Derek Carr and have with Brandon Jacobs and Josh McDaniel as a head coach and it hasn't

01:10worked out.

01:11Looks like all three of those guys will be gone and the Raiders will be left to rebuilding

01:14again.

01:15So let's start initially here.

01:17The 2-2 Raiders here already looking to trade their best offensive weapon.

01:22First of all, Dubsy, do we agree with this move?

01:24Is it the right thing to do?

01:25Look, I mean, as a fan, Donny, as a teammate of Devontae Adams, I'd be saying no.

01:33You want to keep him in the building.

01:34You want to keep him on the Raiders, but it's just not going to work out.

01:38We've seen it time and time again.

01:39Once the head coach is having social media interactions, like and post and say Devontae

01:46Adams should be traded away from the Raiders, I just don't see how we get to a good outcome

01:50from this scenario.

01:52For Devontae Adams, still 31 years of age, he's pretty affordable for a lot of teams

01:56out there on the market looking for a star wide receiver.

01:59Top five, top 10 certainly in the league right now.

02:03So look, as a fan, as a teammate, I would say no, but for Antonio Pearce, you know,

02:07he's got that hard nose approach in the locker room.

02:10You're either buying in, you're here for the long term and trying to figure this thing

02:13out or see you later, we're going to move on.

02:16You've still got Brock Bowers, maybe you can build around Brock Bowers in the up side.

02:20He showed so far, but I don't think it's a great sign.

02:23I don't think Devontae Adams is going to be there a little further into the season.

02:27So it'd be a massive loss for Las Vegas.

02:29You know, they brought him there and trying to turn things around and the numbers obviously

02:33haven't been so good with Gardner Minshew there at quarterback.

02:36He's never really had that chance to put up the numbers that we saw at Green Bay with

02:40the likes of Aaron Rodgers.

02:41So it's not a good sign in Sin City, but I certainly think the run at the blackjack table

02:46could be done.

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