It’s no secret that Woody Johnson has been all-in for this season.
Tuesday’s acquisition of Davante Adams, the star receiver and all-time favourite goal of Aaron Rodgers, is proof of Johnson doubling down on all-in and changing into ALL-IN.
The Rodgers window, in spite of everything, is open for less than so lengthy — this yr and perhaps subsequent yr.
Along with his Jets once more struggling — what else is new? — Johnson confirmed his first signal of panic when he fired head coach Robert Saleh final Tuesday after two consecutive shut losses and a 2-3 document.
And now, after the Jets fell to 2-4 following Monday evening’s 23-20 loss to the Payments at MetLife Stadium, the proprietor known as for one more lifeline when he gave basic supervisor Joe Douglas the inexperienced mild to execute the commerce for Adams.
It’s a long-rumored union with the Jets and reunion with Rodgers that’s lastly come to fruition.
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The Jets hope Adams, who turns 32 on Christmas Eve, is simply the reward they should put an finish to their 13-year drought with no playoff berth.
The query now’s how quickly Adams, who’s been nursing a hamstring harm, can play?
The Jets would love that to be Sunday evening towards the Steelers in Pittsburgh in what’s now a crucial sport they should win to retain any relevance within the AFC East.
The associated fee for Adams was a 2025 conditional third-round choose that may turn out to be a second-rounder pending a few of his efficiency benchmarks, and the Jets are taking up the rest of Adams’ Raiders wage.
In accordance with ESPN, he’s owed practically $12 million by means of the top of this season and is below contract for 2025 and 2026 along with his annual wage about $36 million for every of these seasons.
If Adams is the piece Rodgers has been lacking and he can assist propel them to the playoffs for the primary time since 2010, the cash and the draft choose spent will prove to the cut price of the last decade for them.
Observe the newest on the New York Jets’ commerce for star receiver Davante Adams:
Adams reportedly was on a red-eye flight from Las Vegas to New Jersey across the time that Rodgers underthrew receiver Mike Williams on a determined third-and-16 move that was picked off by the Payments to seal the Jets’ destiny Monday evening.
So, neither that play nor the sport’s end result triggered this commerce, which has been within the works for weeks.
However the best way Rodgers threw Williams below the bus after the 2 failed to attach on the move play was — on the very least — a public craving for a reunion with Adams.
Rodgers, in his postgame interview, instructed reporters that Williams ran the incorrect route, reducing to the within when he was supposed to remain outdoors.
On the replay, it didn’t seem that Williams was breaking inside. To the bare eye, it appeared like Rodgers underthrew him and Williams slipped making an attempt to regulate for the ball as Buffalo cornerback Taron Johnson picked it off.
Regardless of the precise reality to the play was, Rodgers is an intense stickler to element, nuance and chemistry, and nobody has extra of these three with him than Adams.
Adams has 890 profession receptions for 10,990 yards and 96 TDs. With Rodgers as his quarterback from 2014 to 2021, he had 615 receptions for 7,529 yards and 68 TDs.
He’s been voted to the Professional Bowl six instances and has been a first-team All-Professional 3 times.
Now Adams, who has 18 catches for 209 yards and one TD in three video games with the Raiders this season, joins Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard and Williams within the Jets receiving corps.
It’s truthful to marvel what the addition of Adams does to Wilson and the chemistry he’s been making an attempt to construct with Rodgers with blended outcomes, and Williams, who could also be buried on the depth chart (or traded).
The Jets are coming off a loss to Buffalo wherein they had been 1-for-4 within the purple zone, missed two quick area objectives and dedicated 11 penalties for 110 yards.
It has to get higher from right here, doesn’t it?
Johnson is banking on it.
“He opens up all the pieces, notably having that relationship with the quarterback,’’ Johnson instructed reporters on Tuesday on the NFL’s fall conferences in Atlanta whereas confirming the deal for Adams. “That’s crucial.”
The one factor that’s really “necessary” to Jets followers is that this newest determined transfer by the determined proprietor interprets into profitable video games just like the one the crew misplaced Monday evening … and the earlier week to the Vikings in London … and the week earlier than that to the Broncos at dwelling.
As a result of an argument could be made that the Jets have given away these previous three video games, misplaced by a mixed 10 factors. And absolutely, Davante Adams would have made up for not less than these 10 factors.
