When will Raiders explore trading superstar WR Davante Adams? | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

here's some sound about Devonte Adams and it started with Deshawn Jackson on the Colin coward show talking about Devonte Adams and Devonte Adams response this one's tough because you know me and Devonte we've talked and uh and you know man I don't I hate to do it because I don't want to be the guy that's like oh djck said this and said that but at the end of the day he is unhappy I mean he you go from Aaron Rogers then you come to the Las Vegas Raiders and not only Jimmy G you had you had your boy car I mean that's right car it didn't really work out that you you thought you know from the from the uh Fresno the Fresno State days you think they would come back and work everything out and it's just like it just quite didn't work out so now I just don't think he's really that happy there but at the end of the day the facts are the facts and that is not a fact I've probably spoken to deshun Jackson maybe three or four times in my life and I never had a conversation with him ever and I put that on my kids I've never spoken to him about any only person I really talk to about my feelings in general is my wife probably and she ain't out there leaking anything and and dropping stuff like that in the media so once again whatever you see if it ain't from the horse's mouth it's probably so in terms of me being upset or not being happy in this organization it's just a bunch of BS that's just meant to throw everybody off and get you know clickbait everybody want to see what Devonte Adams got to say and you know he's pissed off in in Vegas if I was pissed off I mean I I wouldn't be here right now look there's just enough in his body language and throwing out the word probably from time to time we saw the receiver series he was beside himself last year he was beside himself he was annoyed before the year about the quarterback situation that he didn't have more say in it right so there's been plenty of complaints there he's willing to go clean slate now right that's his peace offering to the team I think that's what Antonio pierce the new head coach who earned that job last year as the room coach he got him to say I'll be patient I'll give it a try and I think part of the deal is I don't know this but this is just common sense part of the deal is if we suck after eight or nine weeks we'll trade you to a contender so you play ball with us we'll play ball with you please glass half full please no more negativity please don't be spreading this idea that you're not happy let's try to make it work here and we'll know after and you can push it nine games out nine weeks out because the trade deadline is moved we'll know where we are and we'll trade you to the Jets or basically wherever you want to go I feel like he's circling the wagons here to try to keep it under under wraps so we know we know that what people will say at a Podium can be very different from how they feel for strategic reasons we've seen that time and again and I'm not saying that Devonte Adams is lying I'm just is saying he's implementing the plan that I think is in place give us a chance to be better than we've been and if we're not we'll take care of you yeah I I I I I I don't I agree with everything you're saying there right I think of course anonio Pierce is like wait wait I don't want to trade Devonte Adams it's my first year as a full-time head coach I he's one of our best players I don't want to do that right so I think there's there's that aspect and I understand that but do I Envision him being on the trade box on week nine I do yeah cuz I don't think the Raiders are going to be all that good and of course he's probably their most valuable piece of of property they have right for lack of a better phrase to trade and get things for the future to build their football team a little bit and yes with their quarterback situation and what they have there yeah I'm not expecting a lot there right and I don't think it's crazy you you mentioned it the wide receiver show whatever else I think you talk to people around football hey Damonte Adams reputation is a little bit squeaky wheel is that's what it is I don't care who it is you talk to anybody around football that's what it is let alone I don't know anybody in football that thinks the receiver show did favors to Devonte Adams and how he looks through people's eyes I mean I I don't care who it is Joe in the lobby or football coaches I know there everybody's like H Devonte Adams in the receiver show H all right so that's kind of the The Taste he's leaving in everybody's mouth with this situation but I can't imagine him being totally excited and happy there right now I know he's not going to to say it he's doing the right things but with that quarterback situation where their organization is right now yeah they're in rebuild mode but I'd also like to say he wanted out of Green Bay he wanted to go to Las Vegas he wanted to go to Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer and Derek carp what okay he wanted to go to Lester quarterback and show that he could still have a big year right right so now he's in a spot where yeah you got it there and you got it and you know future Hall of Famer Derek Carr is not there any longer and now he's like oh no what do I do and this isn't that good and this is what I Envision so uh yeah I Envision him being on the trade BLX when it comes time Mike I really also word of the wise for Deshawn Jackson who's trying to break into the media and has created you know we've been we've quoted him a couple of times on the show he said that TR Williams was really close a week and a half before it got done it felt like maybe that was off but Kyle Shanahan said the same thing so maybe Deshawn Jackson was getting a true picture of where things were and something happened if you're going to go on shows and talk about what guys told you nobody's going to talk to you anymore more nobody's going to talk to you if you're having conversations with guys and there's just that vibe that it's between us and you know what you can use and what you can't use and then you go put the guy on blast and say he told me this and you know I'm I'm going to come out and say it no one's going to talk to you yeah on anything that matters right or they're going to talk to you and they're going to feed you because they know that you're going to run to a microphone and say it yeah sure I you got to be careful of that right you got to have the the right way to approach these situations and the big thing is is you you know you got to gather information from more than than one person that that's what I would always say and then if you do have something like that from one person yeah you can't pin it on them you can't right that that's definitely a no no and you're not going to get anybody to talk to you honestly you know off the Record or anything if you're like you said going to go expose them on live TV I think the way this plays out is the Raiders going to have a hard time I love Gardener muu but and he almost took the Colts to the playoffs last year they took it all the way to week 18 players love him and that's why I think Antonio Pierce has managed to convince Devonte Adams it's different than last year I agree with you there this guy's better than Jimmy garoo he's going to Rally the team we're going to win some games we're going to be better than people think we are and if we're not we will take care of you his contract is in that last year before the two phony backend years that drove up the average kick in he's not going to be there next year unless he dramatically restructures his contract the Raiders know that they're up against having to cut him after this year so let's see how it goes right and if it's not going well we trade him we get something in return that we can use next year to continue this process of improving he's not going to be here anyway that's how it plays out and you know if you can trade him to another team in the AFC that might make them better prepared to beat the Chiefs in the post season that's a win too because at the end of the day they don't want to see the Chiefs win three in a row they didn't want to see the Chiefs come to their building and win two in a row they want the Chiefs to lose they hate the Chiefs and if they can hurt the Chiefs indirectly by dropping Devonte Adams with a contender so be it but I think that's what it is and it's all nobody talk about it no because we're going to try to win the best case scenario is we win and you stay here and we finish the year we make the playoffs and we make some noise and you go out on a higher note yeah I I think so that's what you got to try to sell to him there and and you know may maybe they can surprise us they you know maybe they they have a running game and Gardner muu plays better that I expect and Antonio Pearson comeing to get that defense to to play at at a level that I'm not expecting I think that's what I look at them though is kind of a team to be hey a pain in the butt this year but do I Envision them going to the AFC playoffs or anything like that no I don't and I do think that I guess if I had to pull out my crystal ball I'd go hey offense will be solid but I don't think it'll be anything special and I don't think they'll be able to feed Devonte Adams to the capacity in which he wants and yeah if I had to foresee the future I'm with you that he's in the in the market for being traded for a contender who's looking at like in a in a situation like we saw the Chiefs last year like hey we need a receiver we need something whatever and uh that's that's kind of what I see happening and we'll know who they are at the proper time the Jets if they're a contender they become a potential destination reunite him with Aaron Rogers make their offense even better if it's good enough at that point but we'll know where and he'll know where and they'll work with him and they'll put him where he wants to go if he plays ball if he plays nice if if he throws water contract things at the end of the year is going to ultimately end up this is where I I don't understand where teams do this sometimes with situations like this and I I guess they didn't foresee this but it's ultimately going to lower their value of what they get for the trade right that's what that's what you look at it where they go oh they they they appealed to the player when they did the deal and did this and when I'll kick these phony numbers down the road well now we here we're we're down the pipe okay and we're here and okay now it's time to trade them and teams are going to go wait wait yeah you want a second rounder for Devonte well yeah but you got these crazy numbers here so we don't even know if we're going to have them more than these last eight games CU we don't know if we can pay them the next two years of these phony baloney numbers that you added on to the contract there that is going to be a a little bit of an issue when it comes time to trade them the other side of it too without going too far down the rabbit hole they knew they were doing basically a three-year deal yeah that's right they put the phoning numbers on the back end to ensure that he gets released after 3 years and the two years from the getg go that's where spread signing bonus money get lot cap numbers and whatnot but still still yeah it's a halfe rental so it's going to reduce the value that you get for the player hi it's Mike Florio thanks for watching PFT on YouTube hit subscribe for the latest news and Analysis from pro football talk