Jamal Adams is back to doing whatever he can to get himself off the New York Jets roster.
Adams has made it known for months that he wants to be traded, as it no longer seems like the Jets are willing to give him a long-term contract extension prior to the start of the 2020 season.
During an interview with Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News this week, Adams revealed that Jets general manager Joe Douglas told the All-Pro safety he is open to trading him before Week 1, but also decided to unload on Douglas and Jets head coach Adam Gase.
Adams on Gase:
“I don’t feel like he’s the right leader for this organization to reach the promised land,” Adams said of Gase. “As a leader, what really bothers me is that he doesn’t have a relationship with everybody in the building.”
“At the end of the day, he doesn’t address the team. If there’s a problem in the locker room, he lets another coach address the team,” Adams claimed. “If we’re playing sh—y and we’re losing, he doesn’t address the entire team as a group at halftime. He’ll walk out of the locker room and let another coach handle it.”
Adams on when Douglas reportedly began telling Adams’ camp that the team wanted to monitor the defensive back closely to see how committed he was to the franchise.
“It was very insulting,” Adams said. “You know I bust my a— for that organization every day. I work my ass off. For them to say that to me, I was like, ‘Okay, Whoa! That was little bit too far.’
“Why would Joe come out and say, ‘We want to make Jamal a Jet for life?’ Why would you say that and then not even give me an offer?… Don’t B.S. me. I’m a straightforward guy. You don’t have to B.S. me, because I’m going to keep it honest.”
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Adams is entering the fourth year of his rookie deal and reportedly wants to be the league’s highest-paid safety.
“It’s definitely mixed feelings,” Adams said. “But at the end of the day, my happiness is more important. I know my worth. I’m going to stand on my beliefs. I’m going to stand on who I am as a person. And I’m not ever going to change who I am for somebody who’s judging me.
“Either you accept me for who I am and you work with me and support me or you don’t. It’s OK if you don’t.”
