March 4, 2025 • 6 mins
The New York Jets have released wide receiver Davante Adams, clearing $29.9 million in cap space. The move follows the departure of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the permission given to wide receiver Allen Lazard to seek a trade before the start of the league year on March 12. With Tank Dell's 2025 season in question and Stefon Diggs becoming an unrestricted free agent when the market opens, will the Texans look to add another veteran wide receiver to complement Nico Collins?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ross, I didn't catch part of your NFL we one.
Did you officially have the Devanta Adams been cut by
the Jets?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I did not.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Okay, that came down within the last half hour.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, well, we talked about it earlier about him going
to be cut. It's official now.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's official now. So I'm sure all the Texan fan
bloggers that were like, what's go get, let's go get
Devanta and cousin discussing if you want to, I'm just
you know what, if you're gonna go get somebody, just
go just re sign Stefan Diggs one year deal, heavy
incentives as long as he's reasonable on his guarantee for
(00:37):
the year. That you know what you got. I mean,
DeVante's been bouncing around from team to team to team
the last or four years. He's fifty percent of the
player he was two or three years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Eleven games the Jets, eight hundred and fifty yards, seven touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
DeVante Adams at twenty million dollars a year or Stefan
Digs at twelve million dollars a year.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't get any DeVante Adams of business.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I don't think. I don't think that's in if that's
in the DNA of Casario, because remember when you when
the trade was made for Stefan Digs, he was still
at a very high elite level. I mean, he had
a little regression in his last year in Buffalo, but
it wasn't like he would fallen off the map. Now,
granted this injury he has now made have obviously taken
(01:29):
some wear and tear off of his trade off the
tires air a little bit. But I just DeVante's moved
a bunch of the last handful of years and he's
just gonna cost a lot of money. Do you think
wide receivers ross don't know their value like overestimate their
value more than any other position in sports?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Hmmm, uh, No, Quarterbacks would.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Have to do it because quarterbacks we already kind of
know what quarterbacks are getting because the crazy even for
mid quarterbacks are getting crazy money. We know that they're
getting it.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, I would say, I mean they're probably fourth right
highest paid would be quarterbacks, then probably tackles and ed
rushers in whatever order, and then probably receivers. They're getting paid.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
A lot, but they have the kind of like the
same shelf life of running backs. Although the difference is
at least the wide receivers get paid big time money
as compared to the running backs who don't.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
And I think it's I think it's a more valuable
position than then running back is these days, like a
dynamic number one wide receiver is harder to find than
a than a number one running back.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
That's why the Texans were wise to settle up with
the Nico Collins this past offseason. That was huge.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
They bet on he. He took the money and the
Texans bet that he would out perform it, and he
did and has.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah. Yeah, that was a good move by them for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Great job, Nick Cassario, Good job overall, Glizard. That's great jobs.
That's like the one of the best wide receiver contracts
in football.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
All right, then I'll talked about it talking about his
negotiats with offensive lineman. Tell me how that's gone.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Overpaid? Guys up there?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Who Laramie Tunzel the Pro bowler?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Overpaid? Okay, his insatiable thirst for mid level first round
picks again moved up in the draft that played in college.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The draft the draft history has been spotty.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, No, I think he's been a good general manager,
and I don't think he's been elite, but he's top
half of the league. I don't think he's embarrassing himself.
He didn't let a player go for you know, he
didn't pull the DeAndre Hopkins straight. I mean, I think
he's got He has a firm grasp of what the
market is. I think the biggest issue for Cassario as
a general manager is is maybe perhaps talent evaluation. And
(03:49):
that's not necessarily him per se, although he's got, he
is He's the one that has to make the pick.
It might be the people underneath him, but I think
his I wasn't a huge which fan of the Stefan
Diggs renegotiation and chopping the last couple of years off
the contract, especially for what you gave up, But as
you brought up up many times, it was about a
let's go win the whole damn thing next year or
(04:11):
last year, which is now this year.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, they tried, didn't work, you know. Kamari last year
was a good pick.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Cabari was good.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Derek Stingley's been a great pick, had a better season
than Sauce Gardner.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I was still taken Sauce and I'm on the record
for that, and I'm winning on that. But but it's
not like Stingley's performing literally first team All Pro. Yeah,
it's fine, it's pretty good, pretty good, But there was
a there was a better player two years ago, the
year before that. And why I'm talking about mac Bron'm
talking about I.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Don't know why you're doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
We do this every time. But it's fine.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Will Anderson good picks. He's just really good pick.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yep. Jalen Petree good, not great.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I would say really good pick. Where was he taken
second or third round?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Can't talk, can't tackle in space? Better than he's great?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
He can tackle? What do you mean that's what he's
good at.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
He's not a coverage I I was mixing him up
miss each other safeties. Yeah, Peacher's okay.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Teachers really good. He's a plus player. They missed him
big time.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
A has been okay as long as he behaves.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
When he's not getting suspended for for trucks sticking. Trevor
Lawrence yep, No, I think that that.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
In terms of security, I think the coaches very secure
in his spot. The general manager is very secure in
his spot. And there's very few teams in the NFL
that can have that. I mean, who has that right now?
Kansas City with their with their situation.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
He's probably doing pretty good right now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Although Philadelphia had to fire pair of cordeners last year
to you know, to to make the well, you're winning
a super Bowl buys you some time. It does buy
you some time. Who else is really super secure? I mean,
who are the elite? I mean Giants know, Bears, No,
they just made a change. Cowboys just made a change.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
No, Jerry Jones is the most secure guy in football.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I'm talking about I'm talking about the head coach GM Combos.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Now, he'll be there, Jerry Jones will be there as
long as he wants
Ross, I didn't catch part of your NFL we one.
Did you officially have the Devanta Adams been cut by
the Jets?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I did not.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Okay, that came down within the last half hour.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, well, we talked about it earlier about him going
to be cut. It's official now.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's official now. So I'm sure all the Texan fan
bloggers that were like, what's go get, let's go get
Devanta and cousin discussing if you want to, I'm just
you know what, if you're gonna go get somebody, just
go just re sign Stefan Diggs one year deal, heavy
incentives as long as he's reasonable on his guarantee for
(00:37):
the year. That you know what you got. I mean,
DeVante's been bouncing around from team to team to team
the last or four years. He's fifty percent of the
player he was two or three years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Eleven games the Jets, eight hundred and fifty yards, seven touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
DeVante Adams at twenty million dollars a year or Stefan
Digs at twelve million dollars a year.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't get any DeVante Adams of business.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I don't think. I don't think that's in if that's
in the DNA of Casario, because remember when you when
the trade was made for Stefan Digs, he was still
at a very high elite level. I mean, he had
a little regression in his last year in Buffalo, but
it wasn't like he would fallen off the map. Now,
granted this injury he has now made have obviously taken
(01:29):
some wear and tear off of his trade off the
tires air a little bit. But I just DeVante's moved
a bunch of the last handful of years and he's
just gonna cost a lot of money. Do you think
wide receivers ross don't know their value like overestimate their
value more than any other position in sports?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Hmmm, uh, No, Quarterbacks would.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Have to do it because quarterbacks we already kind of
know what quarterbacks are getting because the crazy even for
mid quarterbacks are getting crazy money. We know that they're
getting it.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, I would say, I mean they're probably fourth right
highest paid would be quarterbacks, then probably tackles and ed
rushers in whatever order, and then probably receivers. They're getting paid.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
A lot, but they have the kind of like the
same shelf life of running backs. Although the difference is
at least the wide receivers get paid big time money
as compared to the running backs who don't.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
And I think it's I think it's a more valuable
position than then running back is these days, like a
dynamic number one wide receiver is harder to find than
a than a number one running back.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
That's why the Texans were wise to settle up with
the Nico Collins this past offseason. That was huge.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
They bet on he. He took the money and the
Texans bet that he would out perform it, and he
did and has.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah. Yeah, that was a good move by them for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Great job, Nick Cassario, Good job overall, Glizard. That's great jobs.
That's like the one of the best wide receiver contracts
in football.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
All right, then I'll talked about it talking about his
negotiats with offensive lineman. Tell me how that's gone.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Overpaid? Guys up there?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Who Laramie Tunzel the Pro bowler?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Overpaid? Okay, his insatiable thirst for mid level first round
picks again moved up in the draft that played in college.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The draft the draft history has been spotty.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, No, I think he's been a good general manager,
and I don't think he's been elite, but he's top
half of the league. I don't think he's embarrassing himself.
He didn't let a player go for you know, he
didn't pull the DeAndre Hopkins straight. I mean, I think
he's got He has a firm grasp of what the
market is. I think the biggest issue for Cassario as
a general manager is is maybe perhaps talent evaluation. And
(03:49):
that's not necessarily him per se, although he's got, he
is He's the one that has to make the pick.
It might be the people underneath him, but I think
his I wasn't a huge which fan of the Stefan
Diggs renegotiation and chopping the last couple of years off
the contract, especially for what you gave up, But as
you brought up up many times, it was about a
let's go win the whole damn thing next year or
(04:11):
last year, which is now this year.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, they tried, didn't work, you know. Kamari last year
was a good pick.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Cabari was good.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Derek Stingley's been a great pick, had a better season
than Sauce Gardner.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I was still taken Sauce and I'm on the record
for that, and I'm winning on that. But but it's
not like Stingley's performing literally first team All Pro. Yeah,
it's fine, it's pretty good, pretty good, But there was
a there was a better player two years ago, the
year before that. And why I'm talking about mac Bron'm
talking about I.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Don't know why you're doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
We do this every time. But it's fine.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Will Anderson good picks. He's just really good pick.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yep. Jalen Petree good, not great.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I would say really good pick. Where was he taken
second or third round?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Can't talk, can't tackle in space? Better than he's great?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
He can tackle? What do you mean that's what he's
good at.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
He's not a coverage I I was mixing him up
miss each other safeties. Yeah, Peacher's okay.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Teachers really good. He's a plus player. They missed him
big time.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
A has been okay as long as he behaves.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
When he's not getting suspended for for trucks sticking. Trevor
Lawrence yep, No, I think that that.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
In terms of security, I think the coaches very secure
in his spot. The general manager is very secure in
his spot. And there's very few teams in the NFL
that can have that. I mean, who has that right now?
Kansas City with their with their situation.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
He's probably doing pretty good right now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Although Philadelphia had to fire pair of cordeners last year
to you know, to to make the well, you're winning
a super Bowl buys you some time. It does buy
you some time. Who else is really super secure? I mean,
who are the elite? I mean Giants know, Bears, No,
they just made a change. Cowboys just made a change.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
No, Jerry Jones is the most secure guy in football.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I'm talking about I'm talking about the head coach GM Combos.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Now, he'll be there, Jerry Jones will be there as
long as he wants
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