The New York Jets didn't propose the framework of a trade for Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders until former head coach Robert Saleh was fired, according to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer.
"First, it was the firing of Saleh that the locker room was confused by—with the players feeling like losing him would stretch the staff thin and hurt a defense that was the strength of the team," Breer wrote on Monday. "Second, it was going the extra mile to land Adams before the Pittsburgh Steelers game, despite the fact that the Jets didn't have an offer on the table for him, period, before Saleh was fired.