Former NFL All-Pro DeSean Jackson and former teammate of Las Vegas wide receiver appeared on the “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Aug. 27 and was asked about Adams, whose appearance on the Netflix series “Receiver” often showed a frustrated player.
“I mean, you’ve got Gardner Minshew, that’s actually been named the starting quarterback this year,” Jackson said. “This year is going to be tough. They don’t have the quarterback that they want. I know they wanted to get a quarterback in that draft, and they couldn’t get their guy. So, obviously, they kind of defaulted to who they have.
“This one’s tough because me and Davante, we’ve talked and man, I hate to do it, I don’t want to be the guy that’s like, ‘Oh, DJax said this and said that.’ But at the end of the day, he is unhappy. I mean, you go from Aaron Rodgers, then you come to the Las Vegas Raiders and now not only Jimmy G (Garoppolo), you had your boy Derek Carr. It didn’t really work out … from the Fresno State days, right? You think they would come back and work everything out and it just quite didn’t work out. So now, I just don’t think he’s really that happy there.”
Adams sounds off
Davante Adams definitely was not happy about Jackson’s comments and he sounded off his displeasure on Wednesday.
“At the end of the day, the facts are the facts and that is not a fact,” Adams said Wednesday as the Raiders prepared for their season opener at the Los Angeles Chargers.
“I’ve probably spoken to DeSean Jackson maybe three or four times in my life, and I never had a conversation with him about this, ever. And I put that on my kids. I’ve never spoken to him about anything.”
“If it’s not from the horses mouth, it’s probably BS….I’ve never talked to DeSean Jackson about anything….in terms of me being upset with the organization or whatever…if I was pissed off, I wouldn’t be here.”
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Adams said he nearly put out a video of himself denying Jackson’s claims but did not want to give the situation any “attention” before being asked about it Wednesday. But declining to do so and putting this saga behind him is the best way to handle this situation.
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