Las Vegas Raiders Davante Adams Not 'Fooled' by 1-4 New England Patriots
The New England Patriots enter Week 6 against the Las Vegas Raiders with a 1-4 record, which is the team's worst start in the Bill Belichick era.
However, that doesn't make Raiders receiver Davante Adams bat an eye.
"It's one of those games that you have to kind of dive into the tape and make sure you know who you're playing against, that way you don't get fooled thinking that based off of the 1-4 record, that it's going to be an easy game," Adams said. "Just based off the way we've been playing, we need to focus more on what we got going on, versus what everybody else is doing and that type of stuff. I feel like that will help us be consistent more consistently."
If the Raiders are going to beat the Patriots on Sunday, Adams will probably be a big reason why. Adams is currently 9th in the NFL in receiving yards and has already scored three touchdowns so far this season.
Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams (17)
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There's a good chance Adams will line up opposite cornerback J.C. Jackson for at least part of Sunday's game. He's a player that Raiders coach Josh McDaniels knows very well from his time with the Patriots.
"He's got good size, good speed, good length, can disrupt at the line of scrimmage, excellent ball skills," McDaniels said. "I think he has more interceptions than anybody since '18 I think is the number, but just a complete player that played a lot of man coverage in New England. Very sticky in coverage, has a knack for finding the ball when it's in the air."
So even though the Pats are coming into this game as an underdog, they are not being underestimated by a team who knows them very well.
The Patriots and Raiders kick off from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday.
