Jets Insider: Davante Adams Will Be Released Because of $38.3M Salary Cap Hit for 2025

The New York Jets' reshuffling this offseason will also likely include moving on from wide receiver Davante Adams because he is too expensive.

ESPN's Rich Cimini wrote about the situation Sunday and said even though Adams is signed for two more years, "he won't have to request his release. It will happen because his 2025 cap charge is prohibitive—$38.3 million, none of it guaranteed.

"The only way to stay is to renegotiate the deal, and he probably prefers to be released, allowing him to test free agency for the first time.""

Cimini also noted the Jets would clear $29.9 million if they cut the receiver who previously said his future with the team depended on whether Aaron Rodgers would return, further indicating such a move will happen this offseason.

"I came here with the hopes that I wouldn't have to find a new home, so it's kind of bittersweet, I guess," Adams said. "It's cool to be able to control where you go, but I've done that [while] still under contract."

New York already announced it is moving on from Rodgers heading into the 2025 campaign, and the next natural step would be parting ways with some of his familiar targets in the passing game as well.

In addition to Adams, Cimini pointed out Allen Lazard has not produced enough "to justify his $13.2 million cap charge."

The Jets have a new head coach (Aaron Glenn) and general manager (Darren Mougey) and will have a new quarterback next season as well. That quarterback will at least have Garreett Wilson to throw to, but the front office will undoubtedly look to add a few more weapons if it is moving on from Adams and Lazard as well.

As for Adams, he can surely still be productive for another team even at this stage of his career.

The 32-year-old may not quite be the version of himself that led the NFL with 18 touchdown catches in 2020 as a member of the Green Bay Packers, but still posted 85 catches for 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns last season.

He can be a veteran leader for a team looking for impact playmakers on the outside all while looking to add to a resume that features six Pro Bowl selections, three All-Pro First Team nods and six seasons with more than 1,000 receiving yards.