Since being traded from the Raiders to the Jets in October of last year, Davante Adams hasn’t been shy about sharing his feelings on his former team, and he fired another shot at the Silver & Black this week.
Comparing the culture in Los Angeles to what he experienced in three seasons with the Raiders, Adams didn’t mince words on Tuesday.
“Everybody’s in a good mood [with the Rams]. It’s not like a dark cloud over the building,” Adams told ESPN NFL Nation reporter Sarah Barshop. “And I’ve experienced that quite a bit over the last few years. So, it’s a glaring difference when you come into a building like this.”
Maybe Adams was lumping the New York experience in with the Raiders, but the “last few years” was undoubtedly a shot at the Raiders.
Last year, Adams justified his move to the Jets as a good decision, despite the fact that the Jets ended the season no better than the Raiders.
“It’s really frustrating, but it was the right thing to do,” Adams said of the move to New York on the Up and Adams Show. “It made sense. Nobody can look at this move and say it made more sense for me to stay in Vegas in the situation I was in there. If they do, then they just hatin’ and just talking like how they do.”
“If you look at the numbers, it’s like if you going to war and somebody saying you got a knife and everybody else got rifles, and then somebody finds a rifle and they hand you a rifle… so you start going and you go to shoot the rifle, and it jams up. That’s like saying, ‘Ah… I should have just kept the knife.’ No, you did the right thing by grabbing the rifle, it just didn’t work the way you intended it to. Sometimes that happens and you got to live with that.”
Adams may have forced his way out of Las Vegas last year, but the trade that sent the former All Pro wide receiver to New York did give the Raiders an additional third round pick in this year’ draft.
With the addition of Geno Smith, who the Raiders acquired with the no. 92 pick received from the Jets, it seems like there might be some hope that the dark cloud in Vegas has finally been lifted.
x: @raidersbeat
Why is Adam’s such whining little bitch,
Everywhere he goes Can he not just play football and not snivel.
We should not care what he is saying
I think Adam’s helped create that black cloud he so anxiously ready to blame everyone except himself. We all watched his temper tantrums on the side lines. Throwing his helmet and bitching about he don’t get the ball. Having him on our team did not do us any good. I thought he is supposed to be a professional. All he did was cry cry cry
I thought it was a bad trade when we got him, we paid too much for an over 30 receiver. Throw in his prima Donna attitude and it became a disaster.
Another gem that Patriot West brought in. Probably the worst trade since Lachey for Schroeder.
News for you Davante, besides Josh McDaniels, you were the next dark cloud
Al Davis had a bad QB evaluation track record. Arguably the only good QB drafted was Stabler and even then Davis kept him stuck behind Lamonica until Madden finally realized that they weren’t getting to the SB with Lamonica. Fate saved the team when Pastorini got injured and Plunkett got to start and the rest is history. But, Davis never thought of Plunkett as his starter at QB.
Davante had a dark cloud over himself
Davante Adams was a big part of those dark clouds and I am so happy that his cancerous attitude and mouth left the building. And it was great that the Raiders were able to use the third round draft pick that they got for him in trade to get starting QB Geno Smith. I say to Davante Adams thank you for leaving as the team got much better with your subtraction .
Hey Devante, stfu already! It’s just a matter of time before your good mood turns sour. Never wanted you in LV and so glad you and Carr are both gone. One last thing 🐏🐑🐏🐑 Baaaaaaaaah!
Carr was one of the best thibgs to hapoen. Walter, fans like you, are the reason we loise good talent. No one ever say Defenses lost the games. 2 mins. If Carr has the ball mostly we won. 2 mins defense has to stop the other teams we lost. Not Carr fault but he got the blame. 9 season Carr had 2 defenses in top 20 not 15 top 20. HE DIDN’T get a team built around him. Oh we had it with Gruden the league sabatoge that.
Carr wasn’t going to get this team a SB. Sure, the team around him wasn’t the best, and the constant change in systems didn’t help, but Carr’s play was lacking, as well. He was inconsistent, gave up on plays too quickly, couldn’t play in the cold, and was brittle. He’s set for life now due to the Raiders overpaying for his time on the team. He wasn’t the answer at QB!
Adams, right. McDaniels messed it up. We had a great system. Under Gruden Rich, Bradley. Carr. Then McDaniels trades Carr to play Jimmy G. after we got Adams who wanted Carr. McDummy gets fired and AOC 4rd draft pick. Comes in and does fine. Last year Not support AP and the defensive injuries with Getsy poor system. But so far what I see with Pete Carroll, and Chip Kelly. Geno, AOC as backup. Or air attack with Throthan,J. Myers Mayers, Bech, Powers. Holes will be open for Jentry and running game.
Gruden shouldn’t have been handed full control after being out of coaching for 12 seasons. Gruden, the egomaniac never earned his keep. Good riddance.
We did have a dark cloud, but he went to the Jets, and now he’s with the Rams!
John T Hurdle, sorry pal you cannot even put a sentence together. Maybe do a little proofreading or spell check. Nothing seems consistent in your blog. You are all over the place. What is your point in fans like me that don’t respect Adams? He didn’t have a hamstring issue he quit playing football. He though found a way to cash his undeserved paycheck. Get a clue dude you are a lost cause.
Rams fans better hope that there aren’t any rough spots during the season OR Adams will surely let out the black cloud over the team. Low target count+Adams= black cloud
Hey Mr OakTownRayda I can pretty much guarantee that stafford is not going to finish a full season. With spinal cord issues and neck issues 8 games if he’s lucky. That’s when it all gets good for Mr Devante dark cloud. Jimmy G is the back up the same qb Devante had his way and they benched him. Jimmy will not throw the ball to the jerk. Sorry bye Devante you are toast bro it’s called KARMA!