It didn’t take free agent safety Mike Adams very long to decide Denver was the place for him.
“It is a great fit for me,” he said Thursday. “The atmosphere is good and it felt right. I didn’t have to take any more (visits), it just felt right.”
He laughed that the 70-degree weather didn’t hurt, especially coming from Cleveland.
But most of all, he appreciated the warmth he felt from everyone he met on the visit, from Owner/CEO Pat Bowlen to Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway to Head Coach John Fox.
“I knew of Fox when he was with the Giants,” Adams said. “I was born and raised in Paterson, NJ, and I heard nothing but good things about him. Even when he went to Carolina – nothing but good things about him. It was proven once we all met today and it was a no-brainer to not take any more visits and just stay here.”
Adams said he met “basically everybody in the whole facility” as he took a tour around Broncos headquarters, enjoying his meetings with his position coaches and Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio.
“Coach Jack Del Rio – he played the game 11 years, so he knows and he understands what defensive players go through, when he needs to back off or when he needs to push guys,” he said. “As a player, that’s what you want. You want a coach that really understands. (Fox and Del Rio) definitely do.”
Adams spent the last five seasons in Cleveland, starting all 16 games for the Browns in 2011, leading the team with three interceptions while accumulating 61 tackles six passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
The ninth-year safety said he played some cornerback for the Browns as well, in addition to the nickel corner and dime corner positions.
“I’m not the typical 215-pound, 220-pound safety,” he explained. “I’m a 200-pound, versatile safety that can add flexibility to the defense. I think that’s one of the things that attracted Coach Fox and Coach Jack to me, the fact that I can be flexible.”
While Adams said he and the Broncos haven’t gone into details about his role on the defense next year, he knows part of his job description already.
“(Being a mentor) is part of it — that’s part of my job being in the league going on nine years,” he said. “Whatever knowledge I have, I’m definitely going to give it to Rahim (Moore) and ‘Q’ (Quinton Carter). I’m going to give it to both of them and try to help them out as much as possible so they can be successful in this league.”
So now that Adams is going from orange to orange and blue, what can Broncos Country expect to see from the team’s newest addition?
“They can expect a lot of enthusiasm, for me to go hard every play,” Adams said. “They can expect us as a defense playing together. That’s what the Broncos fans can expect.”
-Gray Caldwell
Tags: Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio, Head Coach John Fox, Mike Adams, Quinton Carter, Rahim Moore
Bronco Country Just Have Faith, Bronc on Rock on.
With all the Bronco VIPs in Durham, Seattle CB Marcus Trufant and Ravens ILB Jameel McClain in for physicals but not really a visit.
^^^that was also a mike klis tweet
If they pay PM 10 X as much as Tebow and run him off…. They better hope PM stays healthy and wins a SB! If not i think ticket sells will dwindle. …. No Tebow + No SB + Huge PM contract = Upset Fans
Yikes…this has gone from silly to something more derogatory.
Broncos Country Strong 2012!
I’m mostly referring to how everyone is acting like Tebow is already traded… I don’t care what the media says… The media also said that SF wasn’t interested in PM… Everyone needs to chill……
TGIF
Interesting retweet by Robert Ayers
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@1_900_ayersjr the difference is Manning is/was injured. This Manning thing is turning into a “show” alot like Lebron.
Retweeted by Robert Ayers Jr
Actually both the broncos and titans were itnerested in John Abra.ham apparently but the market was dry because of mannign watch. Thats what sheffter was refering to. So he resigned with falcons
Hear that, TO
John Elway tweet:
John Elway @johnelway
We enjoyed visiting with Peyton today in N.C. He threw the ball great and looked very comfortable out there.
Then a strange tweet by Dmac…
Darren McKee @dmac1043
“@kevinbdunaway: Not handshake specialist but on NFLN, PM tapped their back in handshake. Normally means “sorry” or sympathy.”agree saw that
hah good stuff
Elway also tweeted
Watching him throw today was the next step in this important process for our team and Peyton. It was a productive visit and went well
their wasnt to many handshakes going on lol. Maybe we with drew who knows, but it didnt look like Elway was to happy tho.
So hi guys I’m back and just wanted to say that PM is irritating me with this whole situation. I think that 5 yrs is already too much and 90mil is way too much for that span.
I want Tebow and I’m anything but a TT lover. I love my broncos and I want our Broncos to go with what we know, that TT is a Winner and we can build around him with all the cash we have.
GO BRONCOS GO TEBOW,
Manning so to SF and well meet you in the Super Bowl! (haha)
go to SF*
We could do some serious damage if we get several more FA’s like mike adams … one in each Weak spot … DT if ty isn’t up to par… BB needs signed also. ILB, OLB if DJ is out 4 the 6 games. CB , C , TE , WR , RB , QB .. couple 4 backup and to push TT. haha big list.
Yeah big list gabe but with 40 mil in bank it’s possible!
Oh wait… Peyton…
F**k
New Blog.
HAH! i know right.
Montreal, theres alot of ways to skin a cat as far as contract goes. I know theres ways you can hide some of this guarrenteed money, that doesnt go towards the cap bro. But looking at that video, I think hes coming home and going to start spending, his actions didnt look like it was all that.