Davante Adams says he thought Aaron Rodgers was being 'dramatic' about Jets breakup
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Davante Adams was one of the first people to know that Aaron Rodgers, and eventually himself, was not coming back to the New York Jets.
Shortly after the Super Bowl, the Jets announced that they were moving on from Rodgers after a tumultuous two-year tenure that resulted in playoff aspirations quickly being lit on fire.
Rodgers played just four plays in a Jet uniform before rupturing his Achilles. And while last year isn't entirely his fault, he sure looked like a 41-year-old quarterback coming off a major injury at times.
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New York Jets wide receiver Davante Adams and quarterback Aaron Rodgers get ready to step off the field at MetLife Stadium, Jan. 5, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (IMAGN)
Nonetheless, it's a new regime in East Rutherford, and Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey made the decision to move on from Rodgers.
Rodgers was bitter about the meeting when recounting it on "The Pat McAfee Show" last week, and he was bitter about it to his right-hand man in Adams.
"We golfed together on a Wednesday in Vegas, at Shadow Creek, and then (Rodgers) told me he was going to (meet with the Jets) on Thursday and then come back and we’d play again Friday," Adams recently told The Athletic. "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.’
"I thought he was being a little dramatic at first. 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