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Davante Adams will be Aaron Rodgers’ house guest for a while, at least until the New York Jets’ newly acquired wide receiver gets situated.
So, they drove together to the team facility Wednesday morning. And then they sat next to each other during the team meeting, just like old times.
“I turned to him and just said, ‘Man, how crazy is this?'” Rodgers said with a big grin. “It’s something that when we get together in the offseasons, we joke about, but it never seemed like a possibility or going to happen.
“So it’s good to be with him.”
The two longtime Green Bay Packers teammates will also be back together on the football field when they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night, when Adams expects to make his Jets debut and catch passes again from his pal.
“Definitely, I’ll be able to roll,” Adams said.
The star wide receiver, acquired from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday, was limited during the team’s walkthrough session. Adams missed the Raiders’ past three games with a hamstring injury that coincided with his request to be traded.
After a whirlwind 48 hours and months of speculation, he was back with Rodgers and in his familiar No. 17 jersey — this time in green and white.
“It’s been a roller coaster, for sure,” Adams said. “It’s a weird thing to say that I’m happy, but obviously, it was time for a change. And this whole thing kind of transpired a little weird, but at the end of the day, we’re in a better place.
“I think the Raiders are in a better place, as well. And everyone can kind of move on. But it’s definitely been a roller coaster — a little bit up and down and left and right here and there. But we ultimately got it done.”
The 31-year-old Adams caught 103 passes last season for 1,144 yards and eight touchdowns for the Raiders, his second season in Las Vegas after eight with Rodgers in Green Bay.
He had 18 receptions for 209 yards and a touchdown in three games with Las Vegas this season before the hamstring injury — and subsequent trade…
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