Raiders Trade Pitch Adds 1st-Round WR Amid Davante Adams Rumors
Davante Adams just missed his first game as a member of the Las Vegas Raiders. The three-time All-Pro wide receiver is in danger of missing another game in Week 5 after ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday he is considered “week-to-week” while nursing a hamstring injury. Adams has been the focus of ongoing trade speculation dating back to 2023, even with Schefter telling “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday that he doesn’t expect the Raiders to move Adams – at least “not right now.”
Still, Bleacher Report’s scouting department evaluated every NFL team’s biggest roster needs before Week 5 and pinpointed the Raiders as a potential trade destination for a former first-round wide receiver. “Davante Adams missed this week with a hamstring injury and the depth at wide receiver is a bit scary,” B/R wrote in its Week 5 roundup.
“Trading for Treylon Burks would give the Raiders an injection of young talent. Burks has not worked out in Tennessee since the Titans used a first-round pick to draft him, but he’s only 24 years old.”
After Adams (209), only two other wideouts – Jakobi Meyers and Tre Tucker – have surpassed 100 total receiving yards through four games. Rookie tight end Brock Bowers (216) leads the team in the category. Burks, meanwhile, has seen only six targets in three games this season, totaling two catches for 11 yards. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Arkansas product set career highs in receptions (33), yards (444) and touchdowns (1) as a rookie in 2022, but his stats have diminished since. “The physical traits that made him a first-round prospect are still there, but it might take a new situation to bring that potential out,” Bleacher Report added. “The Titans have barely used the former first-round pick after rebuilding their own receiving corps this offseason, so he should come cheap.”
Burks, who was drafted No. 18 overall behind the likes of Drake London, Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, is currently in the third season of his four-year, $14.3 million rookie contract
