Aaron Rodgers didnât seem to be that concerned about the departure of Davante Adams until last week. With the 2022 NFL season opener against the Vikings looming around, the veteran quarterback called out the Packersâ young wideouts.
Things were later clarified in a team meeting, and Rodgers also admitted he should have ârealisticâ expectations on this WR group but not without holding them tocertain standards.
Rodgers, however, doesnât believe that his absence fromthe organized team activities have affected theconnection between the signal-caller and wide receivers. Though he wasnât responding to Rodgersâ comments, Davante Adams suggested that the Packers QBâs presence in OTAs does have an impact in the rest of the team.
Davante Adams says OTAs arenât the same withAaron Rodgers there
âYou would always notice in OTAs . . . there would be times he wasnât practicing, and you would just notice people start to like, not fall off [by] not practicing hard, but it wasnât the same as when Aaron is out there,â Adams said in an interview with The Pivot podcast, via ProFootballTalk.
âLike you donât even think about it, you know what Iâm saying? Itâs like somebody doing something versus like with nobody watching-type thing. Youâre obviously gonna run a little harder [if] your coach is watching you. So it was kind of that type of effect, and he made me a better player out of that, because the consistency came from that.â
What Adams says makes perfect sense. As one of the all-time greats, Rodgersâ presence will always have an impact in the rest of his teammates. However, he has all the right to decide whatâs best for him, even if that means missing the offseason workouts.
