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Davante Adams Trade Speculation and Raiders Strategy
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10/6/2024
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Cap, I was able to talk to you earlier in the week when the story around Devontae Adams
00:06
had just broke.
00:07
A lot has come out since then.
00:10
We now sit here on a Sunday morning.
00:12
What are you hearing around the Devontae Adams situation?
00:15
Yeah, look, I fully expect it to be traded.
00:17
Now, understand a couple of things here.
00:20
There are sort of layers to this potential deal.
00:23
The trade deadline is not till November 5th.
00:26
The Raiders want this, the way that I've gotten it from around the league, from teams
00:30
talking to the Raiders, I'd like to get this resolved as soon as possible.
00:33
Meaning, trade the player, get as much as they can.
00:37
They want a second round pick at least, and I'll explain to why it may not be easy because
00:41
of his contract.
00:42
See, part of it, Kevin, is if you look at his contract, he's making just under a million
00:47
dollars a week.
00:48
I know that sounds crazy, but that's really what it is, $993,500.
00:53
So that's part of it.
00:55
And obviously, this plays into which week do you get him, because that adds more money
00:59
to it.
01:00
And then, will his contract require restructure?
01:03
Clearly, it's more of a one-year situation.
01:05
Yes, he's got two years left past this, but the problem is how much money he's owed in
01:10
future years, which is not acceptable.
01:13
Well over $30 million next year, those are what we call sort of dummy years.
01:16
Yes, he's on the books for it.
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No team's taking that money.
01:20
Those teams could just wait, but it's a question of what are they going to do with his contract
01:24
for this season?
01:25
That's got to get resolved.
01:26
And then, as someone else told me, I don't think this is going to have any bearing on
01:30
it, but I do want to mention it because someone from another team threw it at me.
01:33
What if the Writers somehow win today at Denver?
01:35
They're 3-2.
01:36
Clearly, if you look at the AFC wildcard picture, clearly in it.
01:40
Do they still want to trade Adams?
01:41
Yes.
01:42
That's the word around the league.
01:43
They still want to trade him.
01:44
And lastly, I do want to add this because this is important for fantasy.
01:48
Well, what happens when this deal is done, assuming it gets done as early as this week?
01:53
Trey Tucker is that guy.
01:54
Trey Tucker was, I think, a third-rounder last year out of University of Cincinnati.
01:58
Very explosive.
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One of the fastest young receivers in the NFL.
02:01
Not the biggest guy, Kevin, under 5'9", but talking to members of the coaching staff this
02:05
spring, they love him because he's explosive.
02:08
You can move him around.
02:09
But it would also make them more of a 12-personnel team because of Brock Ballard's first-round
02:13
tight end.
02:14
Adam, if we take a look also at the Raiders, which, again, Devontae Adams is the big news
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story.
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Let's just say they do move him within a week's time.
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Where does that leave the quarterback situation?
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Because Gardner Minshew wasn't brought in necessarily to be the franchise guy.
02:26
Aidan O'Connell is the backup quarterback.
02:28
Could this also signal, if they move on from Adams, that they'll be looking for a quarterback
02:32
in the draft next year?
02:33
Well, that's for sure.
02:34
I mean, they don't know who their future is, Donnie.
02:36
Past this season, yes, when you talk about this quarterback, Gardner Minshew, he did
02:41
sign a two-year deal worth $12.5 million a year.
02:44
But you're always, you don't like to, Donnie, talking to general managers, you don't like
02:47
going year-to-year.
02:48
Minshew is a terrific backup.
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He's what you call a transitional quarterback to the younger quarterback.
02:54
But remember, Tom Telesco, the general manager, he didn't draft O'Connell, but he did sign
02:59
Gardner Minshew to that two-year deal.
03:01
So Minshew is sort of the placeholder quarterback for now.
03:05
I would take a look at how that situation kind of plays out.
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But let me tell you something.
03:09
They're not changing quarterbacks.
03:11
If the Raiders win today at Denver, they're not changing quarterbacks.
03:14
You don't change quarterbacks when you win.
03:16
But O'Connell will get his playing time eventually this season.
03:21
They love Minshew's moxie.
03:23
He clearly was that guy to start the season.
03:26
He won the job.
03:27
It wasn't by a landslide, but he clearly was the guy.
03:29
And he's got a lot of work with these guys.
03:31
And he does like throwing to the tight end, by the way.
03:33
Brock Bowers is a guy going forward, but you get a lot of work.
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