‘The football side is tough love, man’

After sending a first- and second-round decide to the Packers for Adams in March 2022, the plan was for then-head coach Josh McDaniels, then-GM Dave Ziegler, and Adams’ finest pal Derek Carr to search out the type of success any staff would need. None of it went in response to plan.

Now, all events are gone.

Together with his hamstring now wholesome, Adams ought to play loads for the Jets this week, with a well-known system and his good pal Aaron Rodgers at QB. Adams restructured his present contract for 2024, however left the 2025 and 2026 contract years (price $35.64 million annually) alone.

For him to remain on the Jets subsequent 12 months, these must be reworked — permitting Adams a say in what occurs in 2025 and past. These shall be choices for an additional day.

Whereas Davis declined to elucidate what went incorrect to result in a commerce, saying these have been soccer choices, he did state: “Unlucky it did not work out. Solely manner I can sum it up.”

Davis was shut with Adams, as he was one of many leaders Davis would communicate with whereas attempting to realize a way of the locker room and the overall really feel of the gamers. Josh Jacobs (now with the Packers) and Maxx Crosby have been additionally among the many others.

However the soccer facet dictated a commerce, thanks largely to Adams informing the staff he most popular to play elsewhere and that he needed to play for the Jets, and this week’s wild exercise was the outcome. It additionally has led to hypothesis about Crosby, although sources say the Raiders haven’t obtained calls on him. And even when they did, a possible commerce appears like that is a non-starter.

Speaking to The Athletic this week, Davis answered the rumors in a manner he hardly ever does.

“My primary factor isn’t to reply all that stuff as a result of, in any other case, you get trapped on this black gap,” Davis advised the outlet earlier than saying: “It is simply not occurring.”

So far as Adams goes, Davis stated he’ll communicate with GM Tom Telesco and his employees, whereas additionally speaking to members of Antonio Pierce’s teaching employees. However he leaves them to make the selections.

“Hear, I will seek the advice of with them, I will satan’s advocate,” Davis advised NFL.com. “However they make the selections. They’re licensed to make the selections.”

Few extra impactful than this week. Adams’ scenario was a saga, together with his hamstring damage, a win over the Browns, a commerce request, then weeks of uncertainty.

Davis was requested how the locker room dealt with the departure of one in every of its finest gamers.

“You’d need to be contained in the locker room and also you’d perceive what the message is,” Davis stated. “You’d need to ask them. However I am assured that there aren’t any points. Yeah, I do know the gamers are OK with it.”