The Devante Adams era is over in New York.

Cutting Adams is a necessary move for the Jets,

and it's a move that shows the challenges the team faces this offseason.

We'll break all that down and more today on Locked on Jets.

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We have some big news on players who will not be returning to the Jets in 2025, and the biggest

of those names is Devante Adams. Adam Schaefter of ESPN reports that the Jets will release Adams.

Now, this comes as no surprise. Everybody was expecting it. It was really the only move the Jets could make.

Adams kind of under the radar through his people has been suggesting that he only wants

to play with Aaron Rogers. And if you don't believe that, I mean, look what happened this year

with the Las Vegas Raiders where he essentially forced his way off the team. I mean, you could

argue he quit on the Raiders this year because he wanted to come to the Jets and play with Rogers.

So there's a lot to unpack with this move.

The first is that it does clear out about $30 million in cap space.

Adams was set to count $38 million against the cap.

$30 million will be cleared.

Adams will have a dead money charge of about $8 million.

And that price tag was a big reason the Jets simply could not bring Adams back. It was just, it's just way too expensive. And while Adams is still a productive receiver, he's no longer the type of receiver who should command a $38 million cap hit. Adams, you know, he's 32 years old. He's going to be 33 this coming season. And while, again, he's still playing at a high level. He's not the guy he was in Green Bay. You know, he's a smart receiver. He runs really good routes. His game is built to age very well. But you've seen the last couple of years, the production hasn't been quite as high. Yes, you have games like the Jacksonville game where he completely took it over. There's still moments where he can look like the guy he was in Green Bay, but not worth $38 million.

You know, you look back on the trade the Jets made. It's just a lesson that, I mean, I don't even

know it's a lesson you should have to learn because in the moment it happened, it was very

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