Prior to the Packers dealing star receiver Davante Adams to Las Vegas for a 2022 first and second round pick on Thursday, the team was prepared to make a giant offer to Adams to try to keep him in green and gold for the foreseeable future.
Upon trading for Adams, the Raiders gave their new receiver a five-year deal worth $141.25 million, making him the highest-paid receiver in the NFL at 29 years old, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The Packers were willing to match what the Raiders were offering to keep Adams in Green Bay, but the relationship between the receiver and the franchise were so strained that he preferred to play elsewhere, ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reports.
