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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Former Las Vegas Raiders WR Davante Adams.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u2018 2024 season didn\u2019t get off to a terrible start. The team was 2-2 through four games but that\u2019s when things started to go south.<\/p>\n Following a win over the Cleveland Browns<\/a>, star wide receiver Davante Adams<\/a> surprisingly requested a trade. The Raiders acquiesced and sent him to the New York Jets<\/a>. What followed was a 10-game losing streak.<\/p>\n Adams is a three-time All-Pro but is 32 now and could be headed for free agency if the Jets decide to cut him. He alienated Raiders fans and players with the way he forced himself out but according to him, he wouldn\u2019t be opposed to returning to the franchise in the right situation.<\/p>\n \u201dYou can\u2019t rule anything out. I got a lot of love for all the organizations I\u2019ve played for, so I wouldn\u2019t rule out anybody,\u201d Adams said on the Jan. 10 episode<\/a> of \u201cUp & Adams.\u201d \u201cObviously, I think there\u2019s some saltiness from maybe some of the fan bases that I\u2019ve been with because of not understanding what I was going through and the decision that I decided to make for my own personal career which somehow hurt everybody. But I would say I\u2019m keeping my mind open to wherever.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point, a reunion with Adams and the Raiders seems highly unlikely. The Athletic\u2019s Vic Tafur recently reported that players in the Raiders\u2019 locker room still are upset with Adams<\/a> for the way he requested a trade.<\/p>\n Las Vegas is going to have a new head coach and general manager this offseason who likely have no ties to Adams so anything could be possible if he\u2019s a free agent and they think he can help the team. That said, it\u2019s much more likely Adams will play elsewhere in 2025. Though he says he\u2019d be open to playing in Las Vegas again, it\u2019s hard to imagine he\u2019d actually consider it right now.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the fact that Raiders fans have turned on Adams in a major way. The reason for that is that the wide receiver keeps taking unprovoked shots at the team. He recently went into further detail on why he wanted to be traded.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team gets the head coach fired, the GM fired, had like three or four quarterbacks play this year. So me as Davante Adams, I\u2019m trying to figure out what\u2019s next in my life,\u201d Adams said<\/a> on \u201cUp and Adams\u201d. \u201cObviously, you have to take all these things into consideration and then weigh your options. Based off what I was presented with at the time and a lot of other contributing factors that I won\u2019t get into publicly, it was the time for me to go from the Raiders.\u201d<\/p>\n Ironically, Adams went to a Jets team that fired their head coach and general manager during the season. Considering he\u2019s getting older and coming off a down season, Adams could be looking at a much smaller payday than he\u2019s used to. He\u2019s also shown to be somewhat difficult to work with so that could keep teams from wanting to invest heavily in him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\t\tAustin Boyd<\/strong><\/a> has covered the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Lakers for Heavy.com since 2019. A Los Angeles native now based in Las Vegas, his featured work at Heavy includes interviews with NFL stars Darren Waller and Joe Montana, and a behind-the-scenes look at “The Shop.” More about Austin Boyd<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\nWould Raiders Want Adams Back?<\/h2>\n
Adams Further Explains Why He Wanted Trade<\/h2>\n