Cory I read into that statement myself, however this is what I interpreted:

1. Adam's wants a gold jacket
2. That Rodgers most likely is with the Pack 2 more years
3. Adam's isn't sold on Love

Whatever. He wanted to get his big bag of cash and to play with Carr. He got both. Adams wanted out, and he’s West Coast.

I’m really happy with what the Packers did to realize a return in trade. Looks like they made the most of it, bringing us both Quay Walker & Christian Watson, which I think yields a better return. We’ll see.

FYI - off subject, TCM in airing “Grass,” a documentary on the Bakhtiari, an impoverished nomadic tribe in Iran. Sunday, late night. It is considered one of the earliest ethnodocumentaries ever made. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

It adds up. No Doubt. But like John Jefferson. Adams isn't what he use to be. Rodgers demands perfection. Adams wanted money and to play with CARR.
I also believe, he didn't want to renegotiate that contract later. (Because of the Cap hell in Green Bay. )
He gave the Packers his best, and a brighter future. The younger guys have to be paid. Wish him well. And don't look back.

Meh gotta talk about something in the off-season. Looking forward to watching some football this fall, with a little more reason to watch one of my backup teams in the Raiders. Hope they can field a solid oline so that we can see what the new dynamic duo can do together.

I think Adams is a class act, always with a great attitude and work ethic, even when he might’ve had some concerns. Even thou he is a class act, for a couple of reasons, I’m happy he is on his way to the AFC.

1. He takes his enormous talent to the AFC
2. We are now a more balanced team because of it. Without the SC savings, I doubt we sign Douglas or Campbell. In addition, we added two high end Georgia defensive players. I say two because if we didn’t get the extra two draft picks I think we would’ve traded up and went WR with the 1st round pick in the draft. Lastly, we now have the potential of THE top defense in the NFL. Yes, I stated top. When you look at the defense throughout, they look as good as any of the best. Who else in the last two years have an All-Pro CB and LB in addition to pro-bowl lineman with two highly rated edge rushers. Gary is going to explode this year. He has progressed every year and barring injury he will be a top 5 rusher IMO.

We have our best chance for the SB this year because we traded Adams. GPG

"There is no denying that Davante Adams is one of the best wideouts in the game. His route-running is flawless, his hands are amazing and he has great speed and amazing instincts as well. "

Absolutely, Adams is one of the greatest WR's in Packers history, and when you talk about Packers history, you're talking about a franchise with a long history of GREAT players. But IMO "Davante Vision" has harmed the Packers and actually is the REASON the Packers haven't been to and won the SB the last 2 years.

In 2020 Adams was targeted 23 times for 18 receptions, 133 yards, 2 TD's and an YPC average of 7.4.. (2 Games)
In 2021 Adams was targeted 11 times for 9 receptions, 90 yards, 0 TD's and a YPC average of 10.0... ( 1 Game)

Personally I find those number rather pedestrian. I mean those aren't stats which make you look twice or would EVER compare to some of the NFL's great WR's come playoff time. I mean lets compare those stats to Sterling Sharpes ONE playoff appearance in his career..

In 1993 Sharpe was targeted 15 times for 11 receptions, 229 yards, 4 TD's and a 20.8 YPC average... Now THAT'S Greatness!! Both Adams and Sharpe were very similar in the fact their QB's both looked for ONLY them in big moments or in Rodgers case ANY moment. IMO and it's MY opinion Sharpe was a much better WR than Adams. IMO Sharpe should be in the HOF but that's a different argument.

I say all that to say this...The Packers are BETTER OFF now that Adams is in Las Vegas. Just like Farve had to, Rodgers is going to have to look elsewhere. He's going to be FORCED to spread the ball around. There should be NO MORE 1st and Goals from the 8 and 3 straight passes to just ONE WR. There should be no more throwing into triple coverage with WIDE OPEN WR running underneath. In other words, he's going to be FORCED to play the MLF offense the way it's its MEANT to be played.

I don't give a damn anymore why Adams left and personally I'm happy as hell the Packers aren't on the hook for a contract like that. Had they signed him they'd be without Deandre Campbell, Rasoul Douglas, Jarie Alexander under contract for 5 more years, Quay Walker, and probably Christan Watson. Oh yeah, and the $16.7 million in cap space the Packers currently have.

Lastly...Common Cory, you called Adams fast...When was the last time you saw Adams run AWAY from a defender in the open field. He ALWAYS was caught from behind. Can't wait to see what Doubs and Watson do with an open field. Adams was great and I wish him well, but the Packers are going to win the SB because they no longer have Davante Adams!

Gut feeling here that Adams doesn't crack top 10 in receptions this coming season and if he does barely! My guess for his own greediness he made the wrong choice, but for GB a real blessing in disguise. Makes you wonder if Rodgers didn't see this and why he as he said didn't try to recruit Adams, because he saw what had happened!

Oh for shit's sake, can everybody please stop with the psycho-babble BS? "Ooh hey, let me just use my sharp-as-a-razor, self-proclaimed insight to penetrate the inner workings of Davante Adams' mind so that I can reveal to you the hidden secrets of what he is truly thinking, which may or may not be based on anything that the man is actually saying..."

Dude wanted to play for the Raiders. So that's what he did. What is hard to understand? If we want to read palms, tell fortunes and predict the future we should set up a booth at the carnival.

If you change the emotionally charged 'left out of fear', and 'afraid', and replace it with 'left because he felt it was in his best interests', then I might be more inclined to read what you have written.

As it is, I looked at the title and never even read the rest.

I am glad that we have Quay Walker and Christian Watson on rookie contracts for the next several years instead of Adams at $20+ million a year. I like what Adams has done for us, but this is better now.

"They are tired of tallying 13-win seasons"

No, they aren't and neither are the fans, as that winning seasonal record is the pacifier that allows the screaming of failure to be muted, and could be claimed that having a Division Title is the priority as witnessed yearly for so long by the many different ways a playoff collapse transpires every year without fail. It's as though failing is the plan and the reason or manner is plucked off the Wheel of Misfortune.

"Even if Rodgers was able to stay for another five years, it was probably best that Adams went elsewhere. The Packers want to win now. They are tired of tallying 13-win seasons and advancing to NFC Championship Games. They want to bring home another ticker tape parade to Green Bay." -Cory J.
----
Adams for sure would help toward the 13 game winning season. What isn't said is Adams, if he stayed, would have had 'what if' in the back of his mind. While the national media cry about the Packers losing Adams it is not a fatal loss. I think you will see a more diverse offense with Rodgers less likely to go off script.

One other point to Cory: don't assume 13 wins and a division title is a given. As a veteran(as a few others are on this board) of the dark decades from the '70's and the '80's, winning should never be assumed. The difference between the really good teams and the really bad teams in the NFL isn't that great. The difference is consistency and an organization focused on winning first.

Aaaah, Davante and Aaron are, I suppose, friends,,, Isn't it strange that 2 friend didn't talk about where they will work next year? Or they are really friends just for the public.

I do not think that decision to go to Raiders have anything to do with Jordan Love (you can put any other young and unproven QB here!), but with the knowledge that Packers were in playoff 5 time (6 if you count DA rookie season) with him and AR. Maybe DA came to similar conclusion as many of us came after the last loss - conclusion is that is in vain to try failing effort with same settings over and over, hoping it will succeed.

But what was my first impression after I read the article, Cory, is: "Jesus, no, no another excuse for the highest paid football player in the world or other culprit instead of him."

My experience and my opinion in this matter is that it is more useful and with huge % of success to change the thing is to honestly say to everybody what is needed to be said. If someone is will be offended by critic of himself, it is his problem. That is how you keep accountability (this word is especially dear to AR) of everyone.

Sad that Adams didn’t mention any goals but individual stats. That says a lot about his character in my opinion. Will always be part of our “Packer Family” but if he thinks going to one of the toughest divisions in the NFL will get him closer to the Super Bowl, then I want some of what he is smoking. But hey it’s all about his stats isn’t it?, the gold jacket seems worth more than the ring…..

I personally respect Davante as a player and a man .. He did everything right while he was here in Green Bay and truly was a dominant player for 2 to 3 years.

As for the pecking order of Wide Receivers in Green Bay history I'm obviously was never around for hutson, reminder a little about James Lofton, but in no way shape or form could he have done what Sterling Sharpe did in his career with Green Bay . Sterling was in my view the most complete dominant receiver every and look at the teams he did it with compared to Davante . Not to take a shot at Davante but facts are facts.

I'm sure most remember when Sterling had to retire the packers went to the nfc championship game and then one the superbowl the following yr. Favre learned to spread the ball after sharpe retired. we shall see with this team

I think you’re reading something into Tae’s statement that wasn’t said, Cory.

When it comes to Davante Adams, I can't help but think of the scene in the movie "Moneyball" when intern Peter Brand is talking to Oakland A's GM Billy Beane after the A's are getting gutted in free agency by big money clubs after making a playoff run on another shoe string budget:

Peter Brand: "There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening. And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams.

Billy Beane : "Go on."

Peter Brand : "Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Boston Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth seven and half million dollars a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is... is... an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the seven and half million dollars a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No! Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm-I'm ostracized. I'm-I'm.... a leper. So that's why I'm cagey about this with you. That's why I... I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities."

To that end, I think it's a good thing we got Davante Adams off our payroll. It opened up all kinds of possibilities, like being able to keep DeVondre Campbell, Rasul Douglas, and allowed us to draft Quay Walker and Christian Watson. If anything, now was the time to sell high on him -- a 30 year old WR who's at the top of his game, when these WR contracts are getting stupidly out of control.

Corey, the stat comparison between the two players makes them look almost identical and needs some perspective (it appears as though Rodgers has averaged significantly less yards per season and that Carr is TWICE as interception prone). The TD numbers are almost identical, and if Carr had played 17 seasons, we might assert that he will double his 65% seasons and have the same amount as Rodgers then. The TD average total is almost identical, but that, along with the yardage is where the deception lies.

Quite simply, Carr was a full time starter from day one.
Rodgers was NOT.

You have to throw out the first 3 seasons for Rodgers in order for his season averages to be accurately reflected (he's not a 3200 yards a year guy).

If you subtract the 300 odd yards Rodgers threw for in the first 3 seasons and divide his career total by 14 seasons, he's at about 3930 yards per year. Almost exactly the same as Carr (and if you subtract 4200 more and divide by 12 because of his 2 seasons deeply shortened by injury, Rodgers goes up to over 4200 per year, significantly better than Carr).

Additionally, if you remove the ONE TD pass Aaron threw in his first 3 seasons, dividing his new career total of 448 by 14 leaves us with 32 per season (34.58 if you eliminate his 2 injury seasons). His INT total actually goes UP to 6.57 when removing his one INT in the first 3 years and dividing by 14 (6.66 if you eliminate his injury seasons).

The way you presented it makes them look nearly identical and actually makes Rodgers look significantly worse in terms of yards average and TD average. In his full or near full 12 seasons, he's 4200 yards and 35 TDs per year.

This shows in his QB rating, almost 105, to a very pedestrian 92 for Carr.

Carr is not that good. Davante actually shot himself in the foot with this one, and it's sad to see him stat hunting instead of ring hunting, but 2 more seasons of Rodgers would have helped him more than 4 or 5 with Carr will (and he could just drop off the table like Julio Jones or OBJ or get injured trying to snare an off target pass from Carr).

I also agree with the first poster above that this is also a HUGE indictment of Love. Davante must not see anything there, even if I'm not sure they shared that many practice reps.

I was hoping more for a "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" but my view is that Adams was simply making a business decision. (However, if Rodgers was more like Hunter S. Thompson - I would find him eminently more likable). But back to Adams and reading between the lines - my conclusion is that Adam's conclusion is that he thinks he can no longer win (in the playoffs) with Rodgers. Of course, he's not going to say it - instead opting for a fresh re-start, with his college QB, on a relatively good team, closer to home and probably better money. So "fear," no. Plus I wonder about a WR going across the middle on NFL defenses, for years, being prone to fear? However a practical business decision based on inside information - more likely.

I just want to see his face when Lazard and Watkins are hoisting the Lombardi in February.