Davante Adams: Aaron Rodgers Wants A Team To ‘Roll Out The Red Carpet For Him’

According to Davante Adams, Aaron Rodgers' departure from the New York Jets was every bit as ugly as it sounded.

Adams, who is both a former teammate and a close friend of the future Hall of Fame quarterback, recently revealed to The Athleticthat he played golf with Rodgers the day before his final meeting with the Jets in early February. Rodgers was reportedly so upset after that meeting that he called Adams to cancel their planned second round.

"We golfed together on a Wednesday in Vegas, at Shadow Creek, and then he told me he was going to [meet with the Jets] on Thursday and then come back, and we'd play again Friday," Adams said. "And he was just in such a bad mood [after the meeting] that he hit me up and was like, 'I'm not coming back, bro.' He's like, 'This was horrible; they just disrespected me completely.'"

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Last week, Rodgers shared the details of that meeting during an appearance on ESPN's The Pat McAfee Show. He said he flew across the country only for the Jets to let him know that they didn't want him back in New York.

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He called Adams the next day.

"I thought he was being a little dramatic at first," Adams said. "I'm like, 'Bro, don't paraphrase it. How did he say this?' [But] that's how he said it. And I was shocked because I didn't think anybody had the balls to, for lack of better words, to hit him with it like that. Just flat out — 'Yeah, I think we're just gonna do something different. We're gonna move in a different direction.' It was shocking, but right from that moment, I knew there was no chance that I'd be back there."

Adams and Rodgers both hit free agency in March. The All-Pro wide receiver found a new