Adams is more qualified than most to understand the conflicting feelings that come about when a player and their team have to deal with the business of money. After eight years with the Packers, Green Bay placed the franchise tag on Adams last offseason, to which Adams responded by saying that he wouldn’t play on the tag.
The inability of the two sides to come to an agreement on a new contract eventually resulted in Adams’ trade to Las Vegas, where he got his long-term deal.
“For me it’s helping and providing that counsel to anybody, I mean for me whether it’s other guys in the league, my teammates, obviously Josh at this moment because this isn’t an easy time to go through,” Adams said. “You go from dealing with a team that you love and you want to be a part of for your whole career, and then when it’s the business time this is when it always gets kinda awkward.
“It’s something that you never even want to get to, but once you get through it you can kinda just put it to bed and everyone can carry on with their business. So I’m hoping that’s what happens so we can just kind of put everything behind us and just start focusing on what’s to come.”
It’s clear that the possibility of playing without Jacobs for any part of the season is weighing heavily on the minds of Raiders players. But with no end to the stalemate currently in sight, they’ll have to hope that something gets worked out before taking the field in Week 1 versus the Broncos, because Adams is right that the Raiders will have a much harder road to success without their star back on the field.