Podcast on Davante Adams, QBs, the Locker Room, the DL

CHICAGO, Ill.--Our latest Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast episode discusses the Davante Adams comments as we try to offer context. He is not being divisive, in fact, he and Josh McDaniels share the same frustration.

We also address the latest on the quarterback situation, and we look at the defensive line.

You can watch the entire podcast above.

Josh McDaniels knows that Davante Adams is frustrated. In fairness, so is McDaniels. He addressed the frustration of Adams.

“I always have open communication with all those guys. And honestly, great players wouldn't be great if they didn't want to try to help the team win in every way that they can. We have a handful of guys that have earned that opportunity. We were just talking about Maxx and talk about Davante, and I've been around a handful of other ones. Look, the game is different for them because they've achieved a certain status, and they want to contribute every single time that they're out there as much as they can. So, that's part of them being them. I would never tell them to squash that. He's been a great leader, a great influence. We know how this goes. There's stretches and we've seen this already in the league a half a dozen or more times this year, where a certain player doesn't necessarily get a certain number of targets one week or the other for a number of reasons. The other team gets a little bit of a vote or something else happens that affects that, but to me, , I wouldn't want him to change or any other player like that. I wouldn't want Maxx to change and he's getting double teamed on every pass rush. We've tried to move him to help him be more impactful. I've said that before, our job is to make sure our best players have an opportunity to impact the game, and they can only do what they can do. So, he's going to do everything he can to help us win, I know that for sure. He's got a great attitude and mindset. He's as competitive as a guy I've ever been around, and he should want the ball and he should want to contribute. So no, I don't try to tell them to not feel a certain way, and they should want the ball, that's why they are who they are. So no, he's great in every way and this is no different."

The Silver and Black will head on the road to take on the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1:05 p.m. EDT/10:05 a.m. PDT.

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