Browns Get: Jets' 2025 third-round pick, OT Tyron Smith
Jets Get: WR Davante Adams
Raiders Get: Jets' 2025 first-round pick, WR Amari Cooper
The New York Jets are hoping to make a Super Bowl run with a healthy Aaron Rodgers this season. While the Jets have strengthened Rodgers' supporting cast this offseason, pairing him with his former favorite Green Bay Packers target, Davante Adams, would certainly aid the cause.
Reuniting Rodgers and Adams would also generate plenty of excitement for the casual fan.
Naturally, this is a hypothetical. As Adams noted in April, he's content playing for the Las Vegas Raiders.
"If I wanted to be gone, I'd be gone by now," Adams said, per Tashan Reed of The Athletic.
The Raiders are looking to turn the corner and become a playoff team too, so they're probably not very keen on the idea of dumping their No. 1 receiver. In this scenario, though, the Jets sweeten the deal by involving the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns employ former Raiders No. 1 target Amari Cooper, who is coming off an impressive Pro Bowl campaign. However, Cooper is seeking a new contract and wasn't present at mandatory minicamp.
Las Vegas has $34.1 million in cap space and could afford to extend Cooper. They get a new top target in this deal, along with New York's 2025 first-round draft selection. The Jets effectively get Adams for first- and third-round picks—they have two third-rounders in 2025—while sending offensive tackle Tyron Smith to Cleveland.
Smith is expected to start at left tackle in New York this season, but the first-round selection of Olumuyiwa Fashanu gives the Jets an alternative. The Browns could use the veteran insurance, as tackles Jedrick Wills Jr., Jack Conklin and Dawand Jones are all returning from season-ending injuries.
And while losing Cooper would be a blow to the Browns offense, Cleveland has a promising group of young wideouts that includes Elijah Moore, Jerry Jeudy, David Bell, Cedric Tillman Jr. and Jamari Thrash. If Cooper plans to extend his holdout, cashing him in and becoming the third team in this trade could make some sense for the Browns.
With only $6 million in effective cap space, New York would have to rework Adams' contract to pull this one off. However, it's a deal that would make a level of sense for everyone involved while shaking up the AFC playoff picture.
