FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Garrett Wilson got a call from Davante Adams during the offseason more than a year ago to let him know he was in New York City and invited the Jets wide receiver to join him and some friends for dinner.
Wilson happened to be in the area — “a fluke,” Adams called it — so he jumped at the opportunity to break bread and break down some football with a player he always strived to emulate on the field. “I mean, little did we know that this is what it was going to come to at that time,” Wilson recalled Thursday. “You know, you can obviously hope.
We threw it out there that you might play together and then all of the sudden, it came full circle and here we are.” New York acquired Adams from Las Vegas on Oct. 15, reuniting the three-time All-Pro with Aaron Rodgers, his friend and quarterback for eight seasons in Green Bay.
Adams was traded to the Raiders during the 2022 offseason, and Rodgers was dealt to the Jets a year later. “Really, I was just trying to pick his brain about Aaron and talk about his connection,” Wilson said. "He’s one of my favorite players, man, growing up, and he knows that.
And I wasn’t shy to tell him that when I first met him at that dinner. And I think just because of that and the way he felt about my game, we really had an enlightening convo for me. “And he was able to drop a lot of knowledge on me.
So with him being here now is just taking the next step.” Off the field, and on. In the second half of a.
