Following his tag by the Green Bay Packers, All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams was confronted with a pivotal choice that would affect his future in the 2022 offseason.
Although Adams was considering inking a new, long-term contract with the Packers, he decided to seek a trade to the Raiders in order to reunite with his best friend from Fresno State, Derek Carr, as he was unable to get a commitment from Aaron Rodgers on whether he would be staying with the team long-term.
Unfortunately, Carr was only around to play with Adams for one season, a year in which he led the NFL with 14 receiving touchdowns. However, the Raiders went 6-11 and missed the postseason. They would then bench and cut Carr the following offseason.
Vegas then signed former 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in 2023, but head coach Josh McDaniels would be fired, and Jimmy G would get benched for rookie fourth-round pick Aidan O’Connell. Jimmy G was also cut.
These moves have led Davante Adams to be asked if he “regrets” leaving the Packers.
“I don’t regret what I did, but, at the same time, it’s definitely you look back on it like ‘damn that boy (Jordan Love) kind of balling right now,'” Adams said (first transcribed by ProFootballTalk).
In the meantime, Jordan Love has played like a franchise quarterback, especially last season when he threw 32 regular season touchdown passes, which were the second-most in the NFL, and he helped lead the seventh-seeded Packers to a 48-32 blowout playoff road win over the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys. He then nearly led another upset the following week against the eventual NFC champion San Francisco 49ers in a 24-21 defeat in the NFC Divisional round.
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For Davante Adams, he has watched as the Raiders signed Pro Bowler Gardner Minshew II in free agency, joining Aidan O’Connell in the QB room. The team did not draft a quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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The Raiders have yet to win a playoff game since reaching the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, making just two playoff appearances in 21 seasons since then.
Davante Adams Has Had Two Spectacular Seasons For The Las Vegas Raiders
Raiders receiver Davante Adams has not been in the playoffs with the team, but it isn’t because of a lack of trying.
Adams produced 100 receptions for 1,516 yards and 14 touchdowns in his first campaign with the Raiders in 2022 following a trade from Green Bay and had 103 receptions for 1,144 yards and eight touchdowns last season.
