Aaron Rodgers didnāt 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 Packersā young wideouts.
Things were later clarified in a team meeting, and Rodgers also admitted he should have ārealisticā expectations on this WR group but not without holding them tocertain standards.
Rodgers, however, doesnāt believe that his absence fromthe organized team activities have affected theconnection between the signal-caller and wide receivers. Though he wasnāt responding to Rodgersā comments, Davante Adams suggested that the Packers QBās presence in OTAs does have an impact in the rest of the team.
Davante Adams says OTAs arenāt the same withAaron Rodgers there
āYou would always notice in OTAs . . . there would be times he wasnāt practicing, and you would just notice people start to like, not fall off [by] not practicing hard, but it wasnāt the same as when Aaron is out there,ā Adams said in an interview with The Pivot podcast, via ProFootballTalk.
āLike you donāt even think about it, you know what Iām saying? Itās like somebody doing something versus like with nobody watching-type thing. Youāre 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.ā
What Adams says makes perfect sense. As one of the all-time greats, Rodgersā presence will always have an impact in the rest of his teammates. However, he has all the right to decide whatās best for him, even if that means missing the offseason workouts.
