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Adams to the Jets

Rodgers swings trade for buddy

In a move that should be surprising to absolutely no one, the Jets have acquired Davante Adams from the Raiders. So much for the story a couple of days ago that the Raiders might hang onto him. The Jets may be 2-4, but they're not short on talent to turn this thing around.

The obvious loser here is Mike Williams, whose route-running was a contentious issue in each of the Jets' last two losses, which ended with interceptions while Aaron Rodgers was targeting Williams. With Garrett Wilson and two of Rodgers' favorite wide receivers, Adams and Allen Lazard, will Williams even be getting on the field? Probably not.

Jakobi Meyers is the big winner for the Raiders, assuming he can shake the ankle injury that kept him out of the team's last game. Meyers in his previous three averaged 6 catches for 81 yards, with 1 TD. Adams missed two of those, and will now miss the rest. Theoretically Tre Tucker is the other beneficiary, but Tucker played nearly every snap last week without even catching a pass, so let's hold off on proclaiming there being a viable No. 2 in the Aidan O'Connell offense. It's Meyers and tight end Brock Bowers; those are the clear top 2 receivers.

With the Jets, it's hard to see how this is anything but a blow to the fortunes of Garrett Wilson, who happens to be coming off his best two games (21 catches for 208 yards and 2 TDs). Adams is 31, but he still commands the ball. As does Wilson.

Since the start of the 2022 season (when Adams was traded to Las Vegas), there have been 38 wide receivers to see at least 200 targets. Just 10 of them have averaged at least 9 targets per game. The Jets now have two of those players.

WR TARGETS PER GAME, 2022-PRESENT
PlayerTgtGRecYdsTDTgt/G
Davante Adams3823722128692310.3
Justin Jefferson3273222233331710.2
Tyreek Hill3813826137952110.0
CeeDee Lamb392402743575239.8
Keenan Allen264271892117139.8
Cooper Kupp220231521696129.6
Garrett Wilson382402192544109.6
Amon-Ra St. Brown352372562965199.5
Ja'Marr Chase321342212827219.4
Stefon Diggs362392523004229.3
A.J. Brown322362053187208.9
Michael Pittman Jr.339382332350108.9
Chris Godwin325382302558108.6
Amari Cooper313381742660168.2
DeAndre Hopkins253311531949118.2
D.K. Metcalf314391872631168.1
Diontae Johnson28936166193988.0
Mike Evans305381812689248.0
Marquise Brown20826118128378.0
Chris Olave286371822445107.7
DeVonta Smith280372002565167.6
D.J. Moore301401902566187.5
Terry McLaurin295401852549137.4
Christian Kirk257351652191127.3
Nico Collins220301492345137.3
Drake London281391792199107.2
Tyler Lockett279391892266157.2
Tee Higgins222321411944146.9
Adam Thielen256371811839116.9
Jaylen Waddle249361682628126.9
Jakobi Meyers238351631884156.8
Brandon Aiyuk260391762708156.7
Courtland Sutton246371441878146.6
Deebo Samuel215331361859106.5
Jerry Jeudy22337141197896.0
George Pickens23440141230495.9
Gabriel Davis207381101786165.4
Curtis Samuel20039138136185.1

Data from pro-football-reference.com used in compiling this table.

Can Rodgers keep both target-monsters happy? We'll find out soon enough. Seems likely that one of them will be disappointed. But Rodgers himself is certainly working with a highly capable duo; looks like a plus for him in fantasy terms.

--Andy Richardson

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