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The sides reportedly have had several
discussions since last month's draft, but the sticking point
remains timing.
The Jets want to wait to do a long-term extension while Adams
wants one done before the season. Timing is on the Jets' side,
as Adams, 24, is entering his fourth season and is due to make
$3.5 million in 2020. The Jets also exercised his fifth-year
option, putting him under team control for the next two seasons
before his contract runs out.
If he plays on his fifth-year option, Adams would make $9.9
million in 2021.
According to ESPN, the two sides even talked about the
possibility of a trade, something Adams is reportedly open to
but that the Jets want no part of. More than half the teams in
the NFL have reached out to the Jets with interest in a possible
trade for Adams, per ESPN.
At last season's trade deadline, reports surfaced that the Jets
had entertained offers for Adams, leaving Adams furious despite
the club holding onto him.
In his three seasons, Adams has established himself as one of
the best safeties in the league. He has made the Pro Bowl in
each of the past two seasons and was a first-team All-Pro last
season.
Adams has also proven to be quite durable, starting each of the
first 44 games of his career before missing two games late last
season. The two games potentially cost him a shot at history, as
he finished with 6.5 sacks, 1.5 short of the single-season
record for a safety (Adrian Wilson, 2015).
"I'm going to beat the record," Adams said last November, two
weeks before an ankle injury sidelined him. "Yes, I will beat
the record. That's something that I will get."
--Field Level Media
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