On Tuesday, Davante Adams appeared not sure of his future. The Packers seem decided to provide him some readability.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Thursday that Adams and the Packers have been inching nearer to a deal that might pay him like one of many elite receivers within the NFL.
“Davante Adams and the Packers are anticipated to attempt to come to an settlement on a large contract extension. He’ll doubtless be the highest-paid receiver within the league sooner or later,” Fowler mentioned on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” per Bleacher Report. “Most evaluators I discuss to consider he’s the perfect at that place proper now. So, he’s a precedence for the Packers, whether or not Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback or Jordan Love.”
Adams, 28, was Rodgers’ high goal final season. He completed the 12 months with 115 receptions for 1,374 yards and led the league with 18 receiving touchdowns. His numbers may have been even gaudier if he didn’t miss two video games with a hamstring harm.
The information of the extension will upset quite a lot of groups that believed Adams can be a free agent after this season. Particularly, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who was teammates with Adams at Fresno State and has made it clear he’d prefer to reunite together with his former playmaker.
“I’d all the time welcome [playing] with him once more. I feel it will unlock some issues in each of us that individuals haven’t seen but. And I’m all the time open to that and I will likely be recruiting very exhausting. So when that point comes, it will likely be a full-court press,” Carr advised ABC30 in Fresno about Adams’ potential free company.
With a contract extension on the horizon, Carr’s goals appear to be shattered.
“Properly, I imply, I’m a Packer, so I can’t actually get too far forward on that,” Adams mentioned, per the Bay Space Information Group. “When the season ends and if nothing’s discovered, then perhaps we’ll have one thing to speak about. However these are cautious waters, so I can’t actually dabble in that now.”
Final week, Adams advised Bleacher Report the plan for him was to “not go anyplace.” Now, that plan appears near actuality.
The query stays who will likely be throwing him the soccer, as there may be nonetheless no indication that Rodgers plans to return to the Packers.
