Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams wasn’t any good in 2015.
There’s not really anything more to be said about that.
If you watched him play, you know what we’re talking about. Poorly-run routes, inability to gain separation, inability to win jump balls and, sometimes, inability to catch the ball at all.
Adams had 10 drops in 2015, for a drop percentage of 16.67. And that’s the only number that put him anywhere near the top the league.
Drop percentage: 10th.
Adams finally showed some flashes of what everyone expected of him at the beginning of the year in the last two games he played. Before injuring his knee against Washington (and the week before against Minnesota), Adams was solid, showing that he could indeed break tackles and gain yards after the catch.
Still, what everyone will remember from Adams’ 2015 season is that he was terrible.
Fifty catches, 483 yards, one touchdown. That’s 9.7 per catch.
Terrible.
Well, Adams has heard everyone bagging on him and he thinks we can all go to hell.
“The way this game is,” Adams said, “they hate you, and then as soon as you make a play, they’re back to loving you. It’s just a matter of time. You just have to make plays and block out the outside noise and keep playing. My coaches and my quarterback, they already know. The outside people, they’re the ones who need reminding.
“My teammates and everybody (inside the team) already know what I’m capable of. I don’t feel like I need to prove anything to them. Obviously with practice and things like that, you want to show Aaron that you’re going to make those catches so he’ll keep throwing them. But I’ve done things like that on a consistent enough basis that he knows that.”
Uh huh.
Adams didn’t remind us of anything other than how he didn’t belong on the field in 2015. Well, with the exception being those last two games. Then he at least looked like a serviceable NFL receiver.
Yet, the coaches just kept running him out there.
He must have been the highlight king in practice.
Seriously, we certainly hope the ankle injury Adams suffered back in week 3 affected him all season long. You and I both know we’re stuck with this clown because he’s Ted’s boy.
If Adams comes back healthy and rebounds with a 2016 season that reminds us of the guy who torched the Patriots as a rookie, we’ll be first in line to pat him on the back.