Jamal Adams Responds to Dede Westbrook's Criticism: 'I Got a Family to Feed'

New York Jets safety Jamal Adams reminded Dede Westbrook he also has a family to feed following comments from the Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver. 

Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com noted Westbrook was unhappy with Adams because the safety picked up a personal foul penalty for unnecessary roughness by throwing the receiver to the ground in the fourth quarter of Jacksonville's win on Sunday.

"He's my dude," Westbrook said. "I met him at Sterling Shephard's wedding and also before the draft we came here together, and for him to do that it kind of upset me, because at the end of the day, the whistle blew. That's not cool. I've got a family to feed, just as well as you do. And anything that's done after the whistle, it's unnecessary. Of course I wasn't happy with that."

Adams responded with multiple tweets, pointing to the hatred he witnessed and writing, "I got a family to feed as well."

There was frustration on the Jets part as the Jaguars slowly pulled away after building a 16-0 halftime lead in the 31-12 win. The game wasn't as close as the score indicated considering Jacksonville finished with 503 total yards to New York's 178.

Westbrook torched Adams and the New York secondary with nine catches for 130 yards as one of two Jaguars receivers (Donte Moncrief) to eclipse the century mark.

While Adams did his part with 12 total tackles to lead the Jets, they ultimately fell to 1-3 on the season and appear on their way to an eighth straight campaign without a playoff appearance.

Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone turned heads when he kept the offense on the field for a late touchdown and then went for the two-point conversion after the game was already well in hand. Mark Long of the Associated Press (h/t Washington Post) suggested he may have been seeking payback for Adams' play on Westbrook, although he pointed out there was also a personal angle.

The Jets interviewed Marrone for the head coaching job but went with Todd Bowles instead.

There are clearly some bad feelings between the two teams at this point, and Adams made sure Westbrook saw things from his point of view with the tweets.