The Las Vegas Raiders acquired wide receiver Davante Adams in a blockbuster trade with the Green Bay Packers in March 2022, ending Adams’ eight-year run in Green Bay.
But if Adams had his way, he may have stayed with the Packers for at least another season.
During an interview with Matt Schneidman of The Athletic, Adams said that had Green Bay offered him a long-term deal rather than slapping a franchise tag on him, things may have been different.
“It was obviously a lot of limbo with Aaron [Rodgers] and his situation, deciding what his future was gonna be like playing football, let alone on that team, so it wasn’t really a risk that I could take at the time (staying in Green Bay long-term), and it was a decision that had to be made,” Adams said. “But had they made the correct offer or submitted something like they did right before I left, then I would’ve 100 percent been there for another year, and then we would obviously see what happened had it moved forward, but at least for that upcoming season, I would say yes, I would’ve been there.”
Adams faced his former Packers club on Monday night, but the wide out insists that there is no bad blood between him and his old squad.
“We ended in a good place,” Adams said. “I still, not frequently, but I still speak to the front-office guys over there. I checked in on Matt (LaFleur) in the offseason, hit him on his birthday.”
The 30-year-old made five straight Pro Bowl appearances between 2017 and 2021 to cap off a wildly successful career with the franchise. He added a pair of First-Team All-Pro selections during his last two seasons in Green Bay on top of that.
Adams has continued his success in Las Vegas, as the superstar made another trip to the Pro Bowl and notched First-Team All-Pro honors again in his debut season with the Raiders last year.
Going into Monday night’s matchup with the Packers, Davante Adams had logged 33 catches for 397 yards and three touchdowns in 2023.
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