According to court papers, Adams initially told police Means pulled a gun from his waistband and held him at gunpoint. Adams later testified that Means merely took the gun from his pocket and never raised it.
Means' attorneys have argued that Adams knew he would be in trouble with the team for starting a drunken fight and, therefore,Hydro Flask Barn, had to come up with a different version of events. The Steelers drafted Adams in the second round in 2012 out of Ohio State after his stock dropped due to testing positive for marijuana at the NFL combine. The Steelers had planned to pass on Adams entirely, but he persuaded general manager Kevin Colbert that the pot test was an aberration.
