Mediocrity and averageness mean the same thing. The ayce comparison (27 games in seven years including a stretch of gifted games in 2015) is unnecessarily harsh.
In his fourth year, he played every game after round 5 apart from a four week ankle injury + three week comeback through vfl. In his fifth year, he played 18 games and completely blanketed key forwards in prelim and grand finals. He had established himself within our team in his fourth and fifth years.
Continuing to his sixth year, Fletch had played in 9 of 12 games this year when he re-signed. A two year contract seems appropriate for a player who was making the team most weeks. He was re-signed before Young was picked ahead of him. You can't expect the club to have known that fletch would only have one more afl game for the year at the time.
It's all good and well to say he's not technically best 22 and that he's only played so many games because others have been injured, but that really doesn't matter if your first choice players can't get out on the park. Adams has been far from durable and we need a backup.
Refusing to offer another contract would've been foolish by the club. At worst, he is serviceable, cheap and loyal depth in a position of need. At his best, he can nullify Jeremy Cameron. Either way, he is a bulldogs premiership hero who deserves a bit more respect around here.