Davante Adams Traded From Packers to Raiders, Signs Monster Extension That Makes Him the Highest-Paid WR Ever

Davante Adams Traded From Packers to Raiders, Signs 5-Year Extension Worth $141.25 Million

Updated –Mar 20, 2022

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Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams vowed he wouldn’t play for the Green Bay Packers under the franchise tag in 2022, and we now don’t have to wait around to see if he was bluffing.

In a wild turn of events on Thursday, the Packers traded the two-time First-Team All-Pro to the Las Vegas Raiders, reuniting him with his quarterback at Fresno State, Derek Carr.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Packers will receive the Raiders’ first-round pick in next month’s draft (No. 22 overall) and their second-round selection (No. 53 overall) as well.

He also states that Adams has signed a five-year contract with Las Vegas to the tune of $141.25 million, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history.

Sources: The #Raiders are in the final stages of trading for #Packers star WR Davante Adams, who receives a new contract that makes him the highest paid WR in the NFL. A blockbuster.

Las Vegas sends back a 1st round pick, potentially more picks and a player.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2022

Full, full compensation for the #Raiders/#Packers blockbuster:
— Raiders get Davante Adams.
— Packers get a 1st and a 2nd.
— Adams gets a 5-year deal worth $141.25M.

The money matters and is a big factor in the trade value.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 18, 2022

Since being taken in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft by Green Bay with the 53rd overall pick, the California native has caught 669 passes for 8,121 yards in 116 regular-season games, including 73 touchdowns, 68 of which were thrown by his now-former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers.

Adams added 72 catches for 910 yards and eight scores in 11 postseason appearances.

Rodgers, who just signed a new monster contract of his own that will essentially pay him $150 million over the next three years, is said to have known this deal was in the works.

Adams, who now joins a Raiders offense that ranked sixth in passing yards per game (268.6) in 2021, is one of just three receivers in NFL history with more than 650 receptions, 8,000 receiving yards, and 70 touchdown catches in his first eight seasons, joining Marvin Harrison and Larry Fitzgerald.