Breaking news Jets refuse raiders trade; ‘Likely’ to keep 30-year-old: Insider

Jets refuse raiders trade; ‘Likely’ to keep 30-year-old: Insider

 

When the Las Vegas Raiders dealt Davante Adams to the New York Jets, they expected more than what they received. Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated told “The Rich Eisen Show” that Las Vegas wanted wide receiver Mike Williams in exchange. “I can tell you this little fact about him: the Raiders tried to get the Jets to include him in the trade for Davante Adams. “The Jets wouldn’t do it,” Breer said on Wednesday. Octobe

 

Instead, the Jets sent the Raiders a 2025 conditional third-round pick in exchange for Adams. If the outstanding wide receiver was chosen first or second-team All-Pro, or if he was on the active roster for the AFC Championship Game or Super Bowl, that pick would be reclassified as a second-rounder.

It’s been a topsy-turvy tenure for Williams on the Jets. He signed with them this offseason on a one-year deal for $10 million.

 

However, he was recovering from a torn ACL he suffered the previous season when he was on the Los Angeles Chargers. Due to the rehab, Williams had to be worked along slowly throughout the offseason which stunted his chemistry with his teammates and most importantly Aaron Rodgers.

“The Jets are more likely to retain Mike Williams,” ESPN’s Rich Cimini explained after the injury to wide receiver Allen Lazard.

Ahead of the Week 9 matchup against the Houston Texans, the Jets placed Lazard on injured reserve with a chest injury.

 

Lazard has to still miss another three games which means he will be first eligible to return for the Week 14 road game against the Miami Dolphins.

 

 

“Lazard’s injury is a strange one as far as like the time it takes to heal it. It is a really weird range of time [to return]. We just thought the best thing to do was to give him an opportunity to get four weeks to get fully healthy and get ready to finish this season off strong with us. Putting him on IR it was just a decision we made based upon a really funky injury that we just wanted to make sure we didn’t rush him back,” interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich explained to the media on Friday, November 1.