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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Davante Adams made it a point to not only leave on good terms, but to stay in touch with Green Bay’s coaching staff, front office and the players who remain from that team two years ago.
The timing and not the relationships, he said, was the reason he moved on after eight seasons of catching passes from Aaron Rodgers.
But don’t expect Adams to become overly sentimental when the Packers visit Las Vegas on Monday night and Adams takes the field against his former team for the first time since being traded to the Raiders last year.
Adams didn’t practice Thursday and Friday because of a shoulder injury, but spoke with reporters as if he would play.
“Once the game starts, it’s just like every other game,” Adams said. “It’s not going to be a whole lot of emotion and all that other stuff tied up in it once the clock is ticking.”
It was in Green Bay that Adams developed into one of the NFL’s top receivers. In three of his final four seasons there, he caught more than 100 passes for more than 1,000 yards.
“He played through a contract year, played injured and not everybody does that,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “He was there for our team. He fought through things. He went out there and he told me before the season, he’s like, ‘Hey, listen, I don’t have a contract before the season, you don’t have to worry about it because I’m going to come out there and compete.’”
Adams wanted a long-term deal to stay with the Packers, but didn’t get the offer that satisfied him.
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