Actually, if the Packers put a non-exclusive franchise tag on Davante, it still allows him to shop around and potentially sign with any team he wants to, at any contract they agree upon. What it does for the Packers is allows them to match the contract and keep Davante or decline and receive 2 first round picks.
did the Hightowers move or did they just forget to close the curtains again.
For that to work Green Bay has to be able to fit Adams under their cap @$20M+ along with Aarogant @$46M if he hasn’t extended or they’ve traded him to where he wants to go…. Same problem… not enough money
Not at all. You wouldn't do that with Davante, unless you were planning on trading Rodgers. If nobody is willing to give up 2 first rounds for Davante, you have to pay him the non-exclusive franchise tag price. By then, you have already cleared enough cap space with other cuts or restructures.
Maybe because the tag will not pay Adams the kind of money he wants. And it leaves him vulnerable to injury for another year.
Maybe someone already posted this, but good lord....this is just F'ing crazy! We were all worried he wanted to be paid more than the skewed yearly amount that Hopkins got. Well, he wants a lot more than that. $30M per year!
Packers: Davante Adams Salary Demand Made Public
Packers wide receiver Davante Adams has made his contract demands known, and they are not great news for the team and their fans.wisportsheroics.com
I'm more confident that he "should" be gone if that demand of $30M is true. Sorry, I just don't see how paying a WR $30M/year helps your team, even when it is the great Davante Adams. Especially, if you don't have Aaron Rodgers.
Agreed. While I have been adamant about how ridiculous the money has gotten in the NFL, I won't hold any ill will for players like Davante that take advantage of it.
I don't think Rodgers is an MVP without Adams and I don't think Adams becomes this great of a WR without Rodgers. So yes, it was fun to watch them both.
packerswire.usatoday.com
I don't think it is just working hard to keep him, I think it may be working hard to make sure they get something other than a potential 2023 3rd round comp pick, if they can't keep him.
Right, still not a bad thing for Cook. Just pointing out that I highly doubt Adams will get what he wants and this is more of using the media as leverage to get close to what he wants. I just can't foresee a situation where a team is so desperate to have a #1 WR that they are willing to pay $30 million a year for it. I could see a club do it for a QB and they have. I've seen ridiculous contracts given to WRs, but this is getting to the absurd point. Hey, if he can get it, more power to him. I'm just very doubtful.
I don't either. I think it's crazy. Much better to just let him walk. We probably got his best years anyway.
Well adams is counting zippo against next years cap, so if we’re $45Mil over (?) and we need $20M (?) to tag him, gotta work $65M of magic by my math.
I've been through this on a different thread. It is very possible to tag Adams or even re-sign him and Rodgers.
These are all projections and guesses. This would also leave a lot of dead money on the books. However, it would keep a lot of key players locked in. The holes needing filling are big ones though. Not sure it is all worth it.
