Jamal Adams blasted the NFL for fining him for a late hit on Baker Mayfield during the Jets’ 23-3 loss to the Browns on Monday night at MetLife Stadium.
Adams was called for roughing the passer on the play, which came on a third-and-8 from midfield on Cleveland’s second possession of the game. The Browns got a field goal to go up 6-0 after the penalty.
“This league is a damn joke!” the outspoken safety tweeted on Tuesday night. “I just got fined $21k for this hit, I signed up to play football not two hand touch. [Bulls–t!] I don’t give a damn about these soft rules protecting QBs. Im gonna play MY brand of football everytime I step on the field. SMH [shaking my head].”
Adams was taken out of the game in the fourth quarter after committing two consecutive penalties — offsides and encroachment. The safety said he was benched, but head coach Adam Gase indicated that Adams was being protected — from himself.
“I thought he was getting fired up pretty good. I said, ‘Hey, we need to be careful here.’ I was worried something bad was going to happen. We needed him for the next week,” Gase said before Wednesday’s practice.
