Some of the NFL's top wide receivers certainly have taken some deep routes this offseason.
From Green Bay to Las Vegas, Tennessee to Philadelphia, Kansas City to Miami, and so on.
The transaction trend of elite wideouts changing teams continued during the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft on Thursday as the Titans traded A.J. Brown to the Eagles and the Ravens dealt Marquise Brown to the Cardinals.
Here's a look at five wide receivers who have become the top target for new teams.
Tyreek Hill
"The Cheetah" is now on the prowl in South Beach.
The Kansas City Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins in March, exchanging a six-time Pro Bowler for five draft picks, including a 2022 first-rounder.
Hill set a career high with 111 catches during the 2021 season, finishing with 1,239 yards and nine touchdowns. In six seasons with the Chiefs, all of which Hill was selected for the Pro Bowl, he totaled 479 receptions for 6,630 yards and 56 touchdowns.
The Dolphins inked the 28-year-old Hill to a four-year, $120 million extension, which included $72.2 million guaranteed. It also made him the highest-paid wide receiver just days after that title was taken by...
Davante Adams
Entering the offseason, it seemed more likely that Aaron Rodgers would be the one leaving Green Bay, not Davante Adams.
Turned out to be the opposite. Shortly after Rodgers signed an extension, the Packers were unable to reach a deal with Adams after franchise-tagging him and dealt the wideout to the Las Vegas Raiders for their 2022 first- and second-round picks. The Raiders made the 29-year-old Adams the league's highest-paid wideout (but only for a week) after signing him to a five-year deal with an average annual salary of $28 million per.
Adams, a five-time Pro Bowler who was First Team All-Pro the last two seasons, is coming off a season where he became the sixth player in NFL history with 120-plus catches (123), 1,500-plus yards (1,553) and 11-plus touchdown catches (11) in the same season.
Rodgers said Thursday night on "The Pat McAfee Show" that the move was "a little surprising."
"Obviously, when I made my decision I was still thinking he was going to come back,” Rodgers said.
Draft day plans may not have gone according to plan for the Packers, who watched as six wide receivers were selected in the top 18 picks. Green Bay used the No. 22 pick received from the Raiders on Georgia linebacker Quay Walker instead of Adams' successor.
As for Adams, he reunites with Derek Carr, his former quarterback at Fresno State.
