Jamal Adams is not happy with the NFL.
The 23-year-old Jets safety blasted the league in a Twitter post Wednesday after he said he was fined $21,000 for a late hit on Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield in the first quarter of his team's 23-3 Week 2 loss to the Browns.
"This league is a damn joke!" Adams wrote. "I just got fined $21k for this hit, I signed up to play football not two hand touch. Bull—! 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."
Jamal Adams really got fined 21k for this hit @TheAdamsEra pic.twitter.com/nD5FUn1NIp
— Football Is Life (@FootbaIl_Tweets) September 19, 2019
Adams recorded five total tackles against Cleveland but said during a recent interview he was benched late in the game.
"I tried to anticipate a play, which I anticipated wrong, and I was benched," Adams told WFAN. "It happens. I just got to continue to do my job to the best of my ability as well as help lead the guys around me. I don't really know why or what was the reason. I made the penalty, and they took me out, so I'm not upset. Well, I am upset that I wanted to finish the game, but I obviously didn't finish the game. It is what it is.
"I made a bonehead mistake. One thing about me is that I'm always going to finish the game regardless. It doesn't matter what's going on. I'm out there to hunt. That's just how I am."
Jamal Adams Talks About Being Benched And His Social Media Decision. @MaggieGray @BartScott57 pic.twitter.com/nq2pRu00OH
— WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) September 17, 2019
The Jets originally selected Adams out of LSU with the No. 6 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. He made his first career Pro Bowl last season.
New York (0-2) will face the Patriots (2-0) in New England on Sunday.