Davante Adams’ future with the Las Vegas Raiders has been a speaking level in Sin City ever because the group opted to bench quarterback Derek Carr late final season. Carr, Adams’ collegiate teammate at Fresno State, was a major promoting level for the wideout to come back to Las Vegas within the first place.
“I mean, I came here to play with Derek. I can’t say I would have been here if he wasn’t here,” Adams mentioned on Friday whereas showing on “The Rich Eisen Show.”
Things have steadily gotten murkier on the Adams entrance in current months. This offseason, Adams admitted to Mirin Fader of The Ringer that he wasn’t seeing eye to eye with the entrance workplace on “what we think is best for us right now.” More not too long ago, Adams voiced frustration over his lack of involvement within the Raiders offense.
“I’m not here just to hang out; I came here to win and to do it the right way,” Adams advised reporters after a Week 6 win over the New England Patriots.
Nevertheless, Adams confirmed to Eisen that he’s “focused solely on being a Raider” regardless of the mounds of trade buzz circulating.
“I will say this, I am happy to be a Raider one hundred percent,” Adams mentioned. “This was my choice. This is something that I’m standing by and want to continue to work at to make it what it’s supposed to be. I’m not happy at every moment with the way things go, but I’m definitely proud to wear this uniform.”
Adams, who signed a five-year, $140 million contract with the Raiders in March 2022, hasn’t requested out of Las Vegas. Yet, with the Oct. 31 trade deadline looming, that hasn’t stopped hypothesis of Adams presumably being on the transfer.
One of the league’s premier gamers at his place, Adams’ function as a featured goal has been much less regular throughout his second season in Las Vegas. Beyond a two-week span (Weeks 3-4) the place he totaled 33 targets, Adams has seen double-digit targets in only one different recreation this season. In comparability, fellow Raiders wideout Jakobi Meyers has obtained 10-plus targets in 4 of his six video games.
Despite the questions circulating about Adams’ future, anticipate Las Vegas to carry onto their star pass-catcher by the deadline. At 3-4, the Raiders are second within the AFC West and stay within the hunt for a wild-card spot. Having Adams on the roster additional strengthens these playoff hopes.
Nevertheless, if the latter half of the season continues to play out the best way the primary half did, Adams’ trade candidacy coming into the offseason will maintain way more legitimacy.
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