Mike Adams, Darius Butler, and the Number 20

[Bluefire4]

• New Colts safety Mike Adams said shortly after he signed that his goal was to be able to convince teammate Darius Butler to give up his No. 20. Adams planned to take Butler out to dinner in an attempt to persuade him to switch numbers. The move didn’t work, as Butler still has his No. 20 and Adams is wearing No. 29. “He told me he bought his kids the number, he bought his kids the jersey already so I didn’t push it too much,” Adams said. “I just nudged him and every time he made a play I'd tell him, 'That number 20 looks so sweet.’ So that's the only thing, but I didn’t push too much.” So how did Adams end up with No. 29? “I told my daughter that I might change my number and she said get 29 and so I had to get 29,” he said.

 

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[akcolt]

Adams seems like a good guy and is a pretty good player I think he is going to help the back end a lot and not all of it will be stuff we see on the field.

 

He has had to put in the work to get where he is at those kinds of guys are a little different.

[TKnight24]

Yeah, you're not getting #20 buddy

Butler is too valuable to us, very key player

[PuntersArePeopleToo]

Gotta love how his daughter gotta pick daddy's new number  lol

[PrincetonTiger]

Great story

[Bravo]

Yeah both players are good guys! Glad Butler kept his number!