Davante Adams is moving on once again.
The Las Vegas Raiders traded him to the New York Jets on Tuesday in exchange for a conditional third-round draft pick, reuniting him with his former Green Bay Packers teammate, Aaron Rodgers.
As Adams departs Las Vegas, where he grew up a Raiders fan in Palo Alto, Calif., he penned a farewell letter to Raiders fans before debuting with the Jets.
“Thank you for your relentless passion and unwavering support when I put on the historic shield every Sunday,” Adams wrote on Instagram. “From Oakland to Las Vegas, Raider Nation has and will always be a part of my family.”
However, many Raiders fans didn’t take the news well. One fan commented, “Thanks for doing this in the offseason and not quitting on your team mid-season!” while another wrote, “‘Once a Raider, always a Raider’ doesn’t apply to you.”
Adams was traded to the Raiders ahead of the 2022 NFL season to play alongside his college quarterback, Derek Carr. But after the team parted ways with Carr in 2023, trade rumors surrounding Adams persisted until his trade became official on Tuesday.
In his two-plus seasons with the Raiders, Adams played 37 games, appearing in all 17 games in both 2022 and 2023 before missing three this year due to a hamstring injury. He recorded two 1,000-yard seasons with the team and logged 18 catches for 209 yards and one touchdown through three games this year.
Adams is expected to return from his hamstring injury and make his Jets debut Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
