Raiders’ Davante Adams says he proved he doesn’t want Aaron Rodgers

Davante Adams mentioned throughout a latest interview with Mirin Fader of The Ringer that his 2022 All-Professional marketing campaign with the Las Vegas Raiders proved he didn’t want Aaron Rodgers to achieve success.

“It proved that I’m me,” Adams mentioned of final season. “A quarterback doesn’t make me. I make me. And I can do it persistently at this stage.”

Following eight seasons with Rodgers and the Inexperienced Bay Packers to start his profession, Adams was traded to Las Vegas final offseason. The 30-year-old teamed up along with his former Fresno St. teammate — Derek Carr — to file 100 catches for 1,516 receiving yards and a league-leading 14 landing receptions throughout his first yr with the Raiders.

Adams made first crew All-Professional for the third straight season and earned his sixth consecutive Professional Bowl honor as properly.

Carr signed with the New Orleans Saints in March and Jimmy Garoppolo inked a take care of Las Vegas simply over one week later to provide Adams his third totally different beginning signal-caller in as many seasons.

“Even when I went and performed like canine s*** subsequent yr, they’ll’t say it. As a result of now I’ve already proved it all through the course of a season, performed each recreation, and put collectively a résumé that claims I don’t want…,” Adams mentioned, per Fader. “You’ll be able to erase all of the numbers. You’ll be able to simply write in: He didn’t want Aaron Rodgers.“

The star wideout added that he felt he was overshadowed by Rodgers throughout his tenure with the Packers, however “that’ll by no means be the narrative ever once more.”

Adams and the Raiders will tackle each the Packers and New York Jets (Rodgers’ new crew) throughout the 2023 common season. Las Vegas will host Inexperienced Bay on Oct. 9 in Week 5 on “Monday Night time Soccer” and host New York on Nov. 12 in Week 10 on “Sunday Night time Soccer.”