‘He is a Raider’ – GM says WR Davante Adams will not be traded

Consideration any NFL common supervisor pondering of inquiring on the provision of three-time first-team All-Professional receiver Davante Adams: “He is a Raider,” new Las Vegas Raiders common supervisor Tom Telesco mentioned on the mix Tuesday.

With these phrases, Telesco basically shut down the prospect of entertaining commerce talks for the six-time Professional Bowler.

Adams, himself, gave the impression to be bullish on his future with the Raiders when he informed ESPN throughout Tremendous Bowl week in Las Vegas it was “positively thrilling” to once more work with new Raiders offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, with whom he broke into the NFL in 2014 with the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

“He is the kind of coach that is open-minded … he will be open to listening to issues from the veteran gamers that understand how this factor works and the easiest way to do issues,” mentioned Adams, who had 103 receptions final season however his lowest receiving yards per catch common (11.1) since 2015, and his fewest TD catches (8) since 2019, when he performed in 12 video games.

Getsy was an offensive high quality management coach with the Packers in 2014 and 2015 earlier than turning into their receivers coach in 2016 and 2017. He was Mississippi State’s O.C. in 2018 and returned to Inexperienced Bay because the Packers’ quarterbacks coach in 2019. He served as their quarterbacks coach and passing sport coordinator in 2020 and 2021 earlier than leaving to turn into the Chicago Bears’ offensive coordinator in 2022. He was fired by the Bears in January.

“Open-mindedness and, like I mentioned, that innovation to the offense and an excellent run-pass stability,” Adams mentioned of Getsy. “And that is what I am used to, that West Coast model. Going to be enjoyable attending to work on a brand new system, [yet] one thing that is a little bit bit extra acquainted.”

Telesco, employed on Jan. 24 to hitch coach Antonio Pierce, additionally mentioned he didn’t “anticipate” utilizing the franchise tag this offseason, including that he wished to “set up a philosophy on the Raiders that ‘we wish to re-sign our personal.'”

Josh Jacobs, a first-team All-Professional working again in 2022 who suffered via a career-worst season final 12 months, is a pending free agent.

“It does not trouble me that I did not draft him,” Telesco mentioned of Jacobs, a first-round choose in 2019 by then-coach Jon Gruden and then-GM Mike Mayock who was franchise tagged by the regime of GM Dave Ziegler and coach Josh McDaniels final 12 months.

“He is a Raider and he was drafted by the Raiders, so he is a high-level participant. So yeah, we will discover fairly onerous to see if we are able to carry him again right here and sort of go from there. However so far as a participant, working sport, passing sport, go safety, he can actually show you how to win video games.”

Jacobs responded to being tagged final 12 months by sitting out the whole lot of Las Vegas’ offseason program, coaching camp and the exhibition season. He returned on an adjusted tag that paid him $11.791 million, up from the unique value of $10.091 million and completed with profession lows in speeding yards (805), yards per carry (3.5), touchdowns (6) and video games performed (13) after lacking the ultimate 4 video games with a quad damage. A tag on Jacobs this 12 months is estimated to be greater than $14.149 million.

And whereas each Pierce and Raiders proprietor Mark Davis have known as Jacobs the center and soul of the staff, second-year again Zamir White blossomed in Jacobs’ absence, speeding for a mixed 397 yards and a TD whereas catching 9 passes for 60 yards in these video games.

“There’s lots of backs which are obtainable this 12 months, so I suppose it stays to be seen what different folks suppose,” Telesco mentioned. “However the expertise pool at that place in free company is comparatively excessive.”