Good for him demanding a trade, it isnt going to happen unless he starts doing stuff like not showing up for pre-season.
Heard today that he wants to be paid the most of any Jete which would mean $17MM/year. For a safety. He's nuts.
The Jete are stuck in a mess of their own making.
Adams is under contract for 2 more years and an option for a third (his 5th season in the league). If the Jets start paying every player that demands a new contract 2 or 3 years early that will also lead to a disasterous situation. Tough spot for the Jets with a prima dona in the locker room. What if Stid has a great year and will not come back unless he gets a new contract? You would want the Pats to pay him 2+ years early? Can't start doing that even for the QB, and especially not for a safety.
In other words, there's no easy way out.
He's entering year four and as a 1st rounder the Jete have picked up the fifth year option which pays $9.6MM which you would think is good coin but Adams doesn't. He's trying to set precedents by renegotiating going in to year four and by resetting the market for safety, yet the Jete have full control for this season and next then a potential franchise tag after that.
Now any of the other teams know he's unhappy so the Jets have lost bargaining power. The other teams now know he's going to be a problem for the Jete to manage, and at some point they very well may just decide it's not worth the hassle.
To me it never made sense to put so much draft capital into a safety because the positional value just isn't there to begin with and when da Jete have so many glaring needs that could have been addressed in that slot. If there wasn't a game changing OL or CB in that slot, someone else probably wanted Adams enough to offer good value to trade down.
This situation is a great illustration of why BB trades down so much. Wouldn't it have been better to have 2 second rounders with similar talent levels yet without the built in expectations of making huge money?
Da Jete have been highlighting him as a team leader and using him in PR material since they've got no one else worth promoting including Jughead Darnit. That of course gave him expectations of being paid like a team leader. So many dumb moves by da Jete.