Packers' Adams won't skip training camp if no extension

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams (17) during mandatory minicamp. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Packers' Davante Adams won't skip training camp if he doesn't sign a contract extension

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jun 8, 2021 4:01 PM ET

The Green Bay Packers can count on at least one top-tier talent showing up for training camp this summer regardless of his contract status.

On the same day that quarterback and reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers skipped the start of mandatory minicamp amid reports he wants to be traded, four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams reported to camp after electing to pass on organized team activities in the early days of the final year of his deal.

Adams left little doubt on Tuesday he has no plans to miss training camp even if he and the Packers don't put pen to paper on an extension beforehand.

Davante Adams, who is entering the final year of his deal, was asked if he'll show up to camp without an extension: "Yeah I'll be here. I'm from East Palo Alto, California. I grew up with zero dollars. I'm not forfeiting any of my money that I earned." pic.twitter.com/NYvxI2Wgi9
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) June 8, 2021

While Adams is committed to playing for Green Bay through the upcoming campaign, he admitted last month he would "have to do some extra thinking" about his long-term future if Rodgers is serious about not playing another down for the organization.

Head coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday he and the Packers are taking Rodgers' absence from minicamp "one day at a time" and will "try to remedy the situation as best we can."

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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