Jamal Adams Blasts Jets Losing Culture

Jamal Adams is mad as hell and can’t take it anymore. The Jets safety is fed up with losing, and let it be known after the Jets 13-6 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

"It’s the same, same, same stuff. It’s frustrating,” Adams told reporters in the visiting locker room at Hard Rock Stadium. “I’m not going to hold my tongue for anything anymore.

“I’m not a loser. I don’t do this for fantasy points. I do this for the love of the game. I’m passionate about this team and I believe in this team. I'm sick of losing. Honestly, I'm sick of losing. I'm fed up with losing…I'm sick of losing. It pisses me off every time. I'm not a loser. I want to get back on the winning track. We've lost three straight? Come on, man."

Adams and many other Jets have seen their fair share of losing. Since coming to New York, Adams has seen eight wins to 17 losses in his 25 games as a pro. Of Course losing has become commonplace under Head Coach Todd Bowles, who is 13-29 in his last 42 games as Jets head coach.

Adams’ frustration is as understandable as it is real.

On Sunday New York looked lifeless, failing to muster much offense as Sam Darnold turned the ball over four times and center Spencer Long continued to sabotage the rookie quarterback. The play calling by Offensive Coordinator Jeremy Bates was vanilla, and Todd Bowles’ lack of preparedness and team discipline was once again apparent.

Meanwhile, the Jets defense held the Dolphins to 168 yards of offense and seven first downs. They gave the offense every opportunity to take control of the game, but they never did.  Combine Sunday’s effort in Miami with last week’s effort by the defense in Chicago and tempers are boiling to the surface.

This is what happens on unbalanced football teams when one unit outperforms the other, finger-pointing starts.

After the Jets 37-17 loss to the Vikings, Adams told reporters that he would not allow the losing to continue. He’s done his part. Adams was all over the field against Miami, recording seven tackles and two passes defensed. He’s been playing at a Pro Bowl level all year. The rest of the team has not. The losing has continued.

Adams was not alone in the “pissed off” department. Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson expressed his own level of frustration after the game.

"It's my third year. I understand the emphasis on restructure, rebuild, but I think everybody's tired of that,” Anderson said. “I think that's an excuse. We got to challenge ourselves and improve and make it happen."

Anderson essentially threw Darnold, Bowles and GM Mike Maccagnan under the proverbial bus by saying he’s tired of a rebuild. Those are comments that are not going to sit well, especially when it comes from a player who hasn’t contributed much this season on the field.

To say that Bowles and the coaching staff have to get control of the locker room unrest would be an understatement. The horse is out of the barn in this case, especially with frustration and anger hitting its boiling point. With a bye coming in two weeks, next Sunday’s game against the bumbling Buffalo Bills might be the biggest game of Todd Bowles’ coaching career.