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After the Los Angeles Ramsbowed out of the A.J. Brown sweepstakes last week, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk reported that the Rams explored the possibility of trading away Davante Adams. It was a rumor that felt hard to believe, but the Rams would’ve had trouble fitting Brown, Adams and Puka Nacua all under the salary cap, especially given Nacua’s inevitable contract extension.
On Tuesday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler provided further context on the possibility of the Rams trading Adams. He says the Rams looked into Brown but realized Adams is still the best fit for them on offense, so they passed on a move for the Eagles star.
“The Los Angeles Rams inquired about it, but they realized Davante Adams is still the best fit for them, and he had some guaranteed money that just locked in, so it looks like it’s going to be Puka and Davante Adams instead of Puka and A.J. Brown,” Fowler said on Yahoo Sports Daily.
Fowler added more insight into those conversations surrounding Adams’ future in Los Angeles, and it sounds like the Rams never strongly considered moving him. They certainly weren’t “eager to move on from Davante,” Fowler says.
It was more about whether they wanted to swap out Adams to make room for Brown, who they also felt was a good fit on offense. And if the Rams had to pick between Adams and Brown right now, Fowler believes they’d still pick Davante.
Here’s what Fowler said when asked about whether Adams was being shopped by the Rams.
“I don’t know that he was being shopped, per se. I think it was more like, ‘We know Davante Adams is a great fit. He’s got one more year left on his deal. A.J. Brown has multiple years left and is a little younger. And he would be a good fit, as well.’ So I think they just explored it,” he said. “Maybe there was a wacky world where GM Les Snead could’ve fit Davante Adams, Puka Nacua and A.J. Brown on the same roster. That seemed unlikely, especially with Puka – you have to pay him. He’s a year from free agency. I would assume they’re going to try to work that out and it’s going to be a massive number. So they had some challenges with all that. So I think if they were to do the A.J. Brown deal, they would have had to part with Davante, but Davante was so good last year. I don’t think they, at the end of the day, were eager to move on from Davante, by any stretch. They thought he was awesome. It was really more just like a math equation with the age and the money and the contract and all those things. And, you know, A.J. Brown would have been a fit just like Davante is. But I think if they had to pick between the two right now, I still think they might pick Davante, honestly, just because of how good he was last year.”
Adams has a cap hit of $28 million this year, second-largest on the team behind only Matthew Stafford. He had $6 million become guaranteed over the weekend, which means he would cost an extra $6 million in dead money for the Rams if they were to trade him now.
For that reason, he’s less likely to be moved, though it does make him more enticing to other teams because they’d no longer be responsible for that $6 million bonus.
Still, it doesn’t seem the Rams have any interest in moving on from Adams, even if they did discuss the possibility of trading him in order to land Brown.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: NFL insider shares update on Rams' Davante Adams trade rumor
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On Tuesday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler provided further context on the possibility of the Rams trading Adams. He says the Rams looked into Brown but realized Adams is still the best fit for them on offense, so they passed on a move for the Eagles star.
“The Los Angeles Rams inquired about it, but they realized Davante Adams is still the best fit for them, and he had some guaranteed money that just locked in, so it looks like it’s going to be Puka and Davante Adams instead of Puka and A.J. Brown,” Fowler said on Yahoo Sports Daily.
Fowler added more insight into those conversations surrounding Adams’ future in Los Angeles, and it sounds like the Rams never strongly considered moving him. They certainly weren’t “eager to move on from Davante,” Fowler says.
It was more about whether they wanted to swap out Adams to make room for Brown, who they also felt was a good fit on offense. And if the Rams had to pick between Adams and Brown right now, Fowler believes they’d still pick Davante.
Here’s what Fowler said when asked about whether Adams was being shopped by the Rams.
“I don’t know that he was being shopped, per se. I think it was more like, ‘We know Davante Adams is a great fit. He’s got one more year left on his deal. A.J. Brown has multiple years left and is a little younger. And he would be a good fit, as well.’ So I think they just explored it,” he said. “Maybe there was a wacky world where GM Les Snead could’ve fit Davante Adams, Puka Nacua and A.J. Brown on the same roster. That seemed unlikely, especially with Puka – you have to pay him. He’s a year from free agency. I would assume they’re going to try to work that out and it’s going to be a massive number. So they had some challenges with all that. So I think if they were to do the A.J. Brown deal, they would have had to part with Davante, but Davante was so good last year. I don’t think they, at the end of the day, were eager to move on from Davante, by any stretch. They thought he was awesome. It was really more just like a math equation with the age and the money and the contract and all those things. And, you know, A.J. Brown would have been a fit just like Davante is. But I think if they had to pick between the two right now, I still think they might pick Davante, honestly, just because of how good he was last year.”
Adams has a cap hit of $28 million this year, second-largest on the team behind only Matthew Stafford. He had $6 million become guaranteed over the weekend, which means he would cost an extra $6 million in dead money for the Rams if they were to trade him now.
For that reason, he’s less likely to be moved, though it does make him more enticing to other teams because they’d no longer be responsible for that $6 million bonus.
Still, it doesn’t seem the Rams have any interest in moving on from Adams, even if they did discuss the possibility of trading him in order to land Brown.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: NFL insider shares update on Rams' Davante Adams trade rumor
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