New York Jets complete trade for Davante Adams from Las Vegas Raiders – reports | NFL

Davante Adams will catch passes from Aaron Rodgers again.

The New York Jets acquired Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday for a conditional third-round pick in 2025. That selection could be upgraded to a second-round pick based on Adams’ individual performance the remainder of this season, according to ESPN the Athletic.

NFL Network reported the Jets agreed to cover the remainder of Adams’ salary to complete the deal. He is in the middle of his third season and has a five-year, $140 million contract signed in 2022. This includes base salaries of $35.64 million in 2025 and 2026. However, according to Spotrac’s sports salary database, none of the remaining money is included in Adams’ salary database. The contract is guaranteed.

The trade came hours after the Jets (2-4) lost their third straight game 23-20 to the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.

Rodgers admitted on The Pat McAfee Show that he heard the news shortly after the game. How? Well, he received a call from Adams to inform him of the trade.

“Obviously I’m really excited,” Rodgers said. “He’s a phenomenal player and a dear friend.”

Rodgers glanced over his right shoulder and Adams entered the frame.

Adams then discussed how he plans to work with Rodgers on the Jets’ offense.

“I’m sure there are some nuances, but overall it’s the same expressions, but still the same original here,” Adams said of Rodgers. “We should be able to pick up where we left off. That’s the idea.”

Rodgers played eight seasons in Green Bay with Adams, who recently requested a trade from the Raiders. The Rodgers-to-Adams combination was responsible for 622 receptions, 7,590 yards and 69 touchdowns.

New York hopes the two can restore their magic.

Adams, 31, has 18 catches for 209 yards and a touchdown in three games this season. He is suffering from a nagging hamstring injury which has seen him sidelined for the last three weeks.

“I’m feeling great,” Adams said of the injury. “I’ve been working with the staff in Las Vegas this whole time and they’ve done everything right and thankfully I’m good to go.”

A six-time Pro Bowl and three-time All-Pro selection, Adams has 890 catches for 10,990 yards and 96 touchdowns in 153 career games (146 starts) with the Packers (2014-21) and Raiders.

Rodgers, 40, has thrown for 1,387 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions in six games this season.

Garrett Wilson leads the Jets in catches (41) and receiving yards (399) with three touchdowns, while former Packer Allen Lazard has a club-best five touchdown receptions.

Rodgers rushed for 60,442 yards, 484 touchdowns and 110 picks in 237 games (230 starts) for the Packers (2005-22) and Jets, compiling a record of 150-79-1. A four-time Most Valuable Player in the league, he led Green Bay to a Super Bowl XLV victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers after the 2010 season.

Bills acquire WR Amari Cooper from Browns

The Bills have acquired veteran wideout Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns.

Buffalo confirmed Tuesday that they will receive Cooper and a sixth-round draft selection in 2025 in exchange for a third-round pick in 2025 and a seventh-round pick in 2026.

Cooper, 30, was selected to the Pro Bowl five times and has seven 1,000-yard seasons in his career. He has 24 catches for 250 yards and two touchdowns in six starts this season for the Browns (1-5).

“We appreciate Amari’s hard work, professionalism and on-field contributions during his two-plus seasons with us,” Browns general manager Andrew Berry said in a statement Tuesday. “He created many memorable moments with us and was an integral part of our 2023 playoff team. We wish him all the best in Buffalo as he continues his NFL career.”

The move gives Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen a top receiver to replace the departed Stefon Diggs, who was traded to the Houston Texans in April.

Tight end Dalton Kincaid leads the Bills (4-2) with 21 receptions and wide receiver Khalil Shakir leads the team with 249 receiving yards on 20 catches.

In 10 NFL seasons, Cooper recorded 691 catches for 9,736 yards and 62 touchdowns in 146 games (139 starts) with the then-Oakland Raiders (2015-18), Dallas Cowboys (2018-21) and Browns.

Cooper is in the final season of a five-year, $100 million contract he signed with the Cowboys in 2020. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in 2025.

In a corresponding move, the Bills released veteran receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling on Tuesday. Valdes-Scantling, who turned 30 last Thursday, has thrown two balls on nine targets for 26 yards in six games as a reserve this season.

Valdez-Scantling has 188 receptions for 3,181 yards in 98 career games (60 starts) for the Green Bay Packers (2018-21), Kansas City Chiefs (2022-23) and Bills.

The Packers selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.