Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams demanded: get the ball More likely heading into the team’s Week 7 game against the Bears, his request was granted early in the game.
Adams made three catches early in the game and was targeted 12 times overall on Sunday, but the results weren’t what everyone was hoping for. Adams had seven catches for 57 yards, but the Raiders lost 30-12 to a Bears team that started at quarterback, undrafted rookie Tyson Baigent.
“I mean, it’s not not to trust something [the Bears] “I feel like they played a pretty solid game overall, but it had nothing to do with any of the crazy stuff they did,” Adams said, via Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com. . “It’s more than that. [about] We are hurting ourselves. . . . You need to mix it a little better. I think it’s important to keep the defense honest and make things a little easier on the quarterback. We’ve got to do that as wideouts, we’ve got to get the run game going, and all these things that we’ve struggled with all year have made it even more difficult for the quarterback. I mean, I think if we could manage it a little bit better, that would help. ”
One of the plays that hurt the Raiders was a throw into the end zone in the fourth quarter that Adams couldn’t reach and secure a touchdown. “I should have made that play,” Adams said, and more generally vowed to “do my part to make sure to help the guys around me and we’re going to work together to figure it out.”
According to a report Sunday morning, the Raiders have no intention of moving Adams, despite speculation that he could do so before the Oct. 31 trade deadline, and that Las Vegas may change its mind about the best path forward. Unless something terrible happens, there will be time to sort things out.