The Green Bay Packers traded wide receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders this week, getting first- and second-round picks in this year's NFL draft.
Didn't see that one coming. Thought for sure that the two would get a contract done that would keep Adams in Green Bay as the highest paid wide receiver in the league. And that's what he is after Da Ray-Dahs ponied up over $142 million, reuniting Adams with his Fresno State quarterback, Derek Carr.
Guess that franchise tag business was a little too much for the pride (and ego) of Adams to handle. Am hearing that GB offered to match the six-year deal Las Vegas offered, but Adams had enough and his mind was made up. Well, more power to him. The Packers now have four of the first 60 picks in the draft, enough capital to perhaps swing a trade and move up for a stud rookie wide out. Or ink a more reasonable free agent, and there are some good ones out there.
And this might be for the best, as our own gazillionaire quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, may not be so tightly focused on one player.
Johnny Davis of the Wisconsin Badgers is a consensus All-American basketball player, the first for the Badgers since Frank "The Tank" Kaminsky.
Well deserved for Davis, the sophomore guard who leads the Badgers in scoring (19.7 points per game), rebounds (8.2) and free throws while second in assists.
If he's been able to get healthy since that horrific spill against Nebraska in the regular season finale, the Badgers and Coach Greg Guard should make it out of this opening weekend of the NCAA tournament and into the Sweet Sixteen.
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