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Woody Johnson is betting that Davante Adams can fix the Jets
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Woody Johnson is betting that Davante Adams can fix the Jets

It’s no secret that Woody Johnson has been all in this season.

Tuesday’s acquisition of Davante Adams, Aaron Rodgers’ star receiver and all-time favorite target, is evidence that Johnson is doubling down on his all-in and becoming ALL-IN.

After all, the Rodgers Window is only open for a limited time – this year and maybe next year.

Now the Jets are struggling again: What else is new? — Johnson showed his first sign of panic when he fired head coach Robert Saleh last Tuesday after two straight losses and a 2-3 record.

The Jets finally landed Davante Adams. Now comes the hardest part. Getty Images

And now, after the Jets fell to 2-4 following Monday night’s 23-20 loss to the Bills at MetLife Stadium, the owner called for a new lifeline when he gave general manager Joe Douglas the green light to complete the trade for Adams to feed.

There have been rumors for some time about a commitment to the Jets and a reunion with Rodgers finally becoming a reality.

The Jets are hoping Adams, who turns 32 on Christmas Eve, is just the gift they need to end their 13-year drought without a playoff berth.

The question now is how quickly Adams, who is struggling with a hamstring injury, can play?

The Jets would like this to be Sunday night against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, in what is now a crucial game that they must win to maintain any relevance in the AFC East.

Davante Adams #17 of the Las Vegas Raiders tries to secure a catch for Asante Samuel Jr. #26 of the Los Angeles Chargers. Getty Images
Davante Adams #17 congratulates Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers. Getty Images

The cost for Adams was a conditional third-round pick in 2025, who could become a second-round pick pending some of his performance benchmarks, and the Jets will pick up the remainder of Adams’ Raiders salary.

According to ESPN, he is owed nearly $12 million through the end of this season and is under contract for 2025 and 2026, with his annual salary for each of those seasons being approximately $36 million.

If Adams is the piece Rodgers has been missing and he can help them get to the playoffs for the first time since 2010, the money and draft pick will prove to be the bargain of the decade for them.


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Adams was reportedly on a red-eye flight from Las Vegas to New Jersey around the time Rodgers subjected receiver Mike Williams on a desperation third-and-16 pass picked by the Bills to seal the Jets’ fate Monday night .

So neither that play nor the outcome of the play caused this trade, which has been in the works for weeks.

Jets owner Woody Johnson GC images

But the way Rodgers threw Williams under the bus after the two failed to connect in the passing game was — at the very least — a public desire for a reunion with Adams.

Rodgers told reporters in his postgame interview that Williams ran the wrong route and cut inside when he was supposed to stay outside.

On the replay, it didn’t appear that Williams broke inside. To the naked eye, it looked like Rodgers threw him down and Williams slipped while trying to adjust to the ball when Buffalo cornerback Taron Johnson picked him off.

Whatever the actual truth of the play, Rodgers is an intense stickler for detail, nuance and chemistry, and no one carries more of these three than Adams.

Adams has 890 career receptions for 10,990 yards and 96 touchdowns. With Rodgers as his quarterback from 2014 to 2021, he had 615 receptions for 7,529 yards and 68 touchdowns.

He has been voted to the Pro Bowl six times and was a first-team All-Pro three times.

Now Adams, who has 18 catches for 209 yards and one TD in three games with the Raiders this season, joins Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard and Williams on the Jets receiving corps.

One wonders what the addition of Adams does to Wilson and the chemistry he’s trying to build with Rodgers with mixed results, and Williams, who may be buried on the depth chart (or traded).

The Jets are coming off a loss to Buffalo in which they went 1-for-4 in the red zone, missed two short field goals and committed 11 penalties for 110 yards.

Things should get better from here, right?

Johnson is counting on it.

“He’s opening up everything, especially the relationship with the quarterback,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday at the NFL’s fall meetings in Atlanta as he confirmed the deal for Adams. “That is very important.”

The only thing that really matters to Jets fans is that this last-ditch move by the desperate owner translates into winning games like the one the team lost on Monday night…and the week before against the Vikings in London…and the week before that, the Broncos were at home.

Because an argument can be made that the Jets have given away the last three games, losing by a combined 10 points. And Davante Adams certainly would have made up for those 10 points.