Davante Adams Willing To Re-Open Extension Talks With Aaron Rodgers’ Returning

Adam Schefter reports that Packers WR Davante Adams is willing to re-open extension talks with the team now that Aaron Rodgers is expected to return to Green Bay.

The Packers are expected to have more cap room to work with from restructuring Rodgers’ contract as part of his pending agreement.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reported last week that the Packers and Adams had broken off long-term extension talks and there were no plans to resume negotiations. 

Rapoport added that the two parties had been negotiating for months, but they ended up “in a bad place.”

Reports said that there was a hang-up in talks, as Adams was looking to be the highest-paid player at his position. However, Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins set the bar high and there were concerns from Green Bay about acknowledging his $27 million per year salary. 

Adams is entering the final year of his contract in 2021 and said previously this offseason the equation would change if Rodgers wasn’t his quarterback anymore. 

Green Bay would have their franchise tag available next year if they need it for Adams and could always use it again in 2023.

Adams, 28, is a former second-round pick out of Fresno State by the Packers in the 2014 NFL Draft. He was in the final year of a four-year, $3.933 million rookie contract when the Packers signed him to a four-year extension worth $58 million.

Adams stands to make a base salary of $12 million for the 2021 season and will be an unrestricted free agent in 2022. 

In 2020, Adams appeared in 14 games for the Packers and caught 115 passes for 1,374 yards receiving and 18 touchdowns.

We have him included in our Top 50 – 2022 Free Agents list.