Davante Adams says he thought Aaron Rodgers was being 'dramatic' about Jets breakup

Davante Adams was 1 of the archetypal radical to cognize that Aaron Rodgers, and yet himself, was not coming backmost to the New York Jets.

Shortly aft the Super Bowl, the Jets announced that they were moving connected from Rodgers aft a tumultuous two-year tenure that resulted successful playoff aspirations rapidly being lit connected fire.

Rodgers played conscionable 4 plays successful a Jet azygous earlier rupturing his Achilles. And portion past twelvemonth isn't wholly his fault, helium definite looked similar a 41-year-old backmost coming disconnected a large wounded astatine times.

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New York Jets wide receiver Davante Adams and backmost Aaron Rodgers get acceptable to measurement disconnected the tract astatine MetLife Stadium, Jan. 5, 2025, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (IMAGN)

Nonetheless, it's a caller authorities successful East Rutherford, and Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey made the determination to determination connected from Rodgers.

Rodgers was bitter astir the gathering erstwhile recounting it connected "The Pat McAfee Show" past week, and helium was bitter astir it to his right-hand antheral successful Adams.

"We golfed unneurotic connected a Wednesday successful Vegas, astatine Shadow Creek, and past (Rodgers) told maine helium was going to (meet with the Jets) connected Thursday and past travel backmost and we’d play again Friday," Adams precocious told The Athletic. "And helium was conscionable successful specified a atrocious temper (after the meeting) that helium deed maine up and was like, ‘I’m not coming back, bro.’ He’s like, ‘This was horrible – they conscionable disrespected maine completely.’ 

"I thought helium was being a small melodramatic astatine first. I’m like, ‘Bro, don’t paraphrase it. How did helium accidental this?’ (But) that’s however helium said it. And I was shocked due to the fact that I didn’t deliberation anybody had the balls to, for deficiency of amended words, to deed him with it similar that. Just level retired – ‘Yeah, I deliberation we’re conscionable gonna bash thing different. We’re gonna determination successful a antithetic direction.’ It was shocking, but close from that moment, I knew determination was nary accidental that I’d beryllium backmost there."

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Davante Adams observe a touchdown against the Dolphins, Dec. 8, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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That's precisely what happened, arsenic Adams, too, was released. He recovered a location alternatively quickly, arsenic helium signed with the Los Angeles Rams, who released Cooper Kupp, connected a two-year deal.

Rodgers said helium felt disrespected aft flying to sojourn the Jets "on my ain dime."

"We beryllium down successful the bureau and I deliberation we’re going to person this agelong speech – I’ve flown crossed the state – and 20 seconds successful helium goes – I mean literally, I’m talking to the GM astir something, and [Glenn] leans to the extremity of his spot and goes ‘So bash you wanna play football?’"

Rodgers responded that helium did, but was rapidly met by Glenn’s news. 

"We’re going successful a antithetic absorption astatine quarterback." 

"I wasn’t upset astir it, I was surprised," Rodgers added. "I felt similar determination wasn’t an ample magnitude of respect successful that meeting. I conjecture I shouldn’t person been amazed based connected immoderate of the things I saw implicit the 2 years." 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers walks disconnected the tract with wide receiver Davante Adams aft the crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine MetLife Stadium connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

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Rodgers' apt destination appears to beryllium the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are without a coagulated backmost conscionable 2 days earlier the draft, and each different domino has fallen. However, Rodgers remains a escaped agent.

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