When a formal trade request reaches the stage Davante Adams’s did Tuesday—where the request is made known through the player or some surrogate of the player, and the team, through some surrogate, makes its compensatory demands public—one can be sure the deal is happening.
While Brandon Aiyuk’s negotiation always had the feel of an acrobatic, high-wire staredown that would result in Aiyuk staying with the San Francisco 49ers on a long-term deal, Adams’s request to leave Las Vegas, and Vegas’s reported desired compensation of a second-round-pick-plus (according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter) has a “best and final offer” feel to it.
