{"id":743,"date":"2024-04-11T01:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T01:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=743"},"modified":"2024-04-11T01:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T01:13:43","slug":"raiders-wr-davante-adams-hit-with-dreaded-label-vu-thuy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/raiders-wr-davante-adams-hit-with-dreaded-label-vu-thuy\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u0430\u0456der\u0455 WR D\u0430v\u0430nte Ad\u0430m\u0455 H\u0456t W\u0456th Dre\u0430ded L\u0430bel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0traded for\u00a0Davante Adams\u00a0in 2022 and gave him a contract\u00a0worth $14o million, the hope was that the team would be competing for the playoffs. Two years into Adams\u2019 tenure and Las Vegas hasn\u2019t been close to a playoff berth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjAyMTg5OTgxMDg5ODAxMjg0\/davante-adams.jpg\" alt=\"The Las Vegas Raiders have no plans of trading Davante Adams - Sports  Illustrated Las Vegas Raiders News, Analysis and More\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adams remains an elite wide receiver and has over 1,100 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons but he\u2019s also 31 and should be on the decline. Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report went through and listed every team\u2019s most overpaid player and landed on Adams as the Raiders\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a tie between Adams and new addition Christian Wilkins,\u201d Gagnon wrote in an\u00a0April 10 column. \u201cThe former is the second-highest paid receiver in the sport and appears to be declining at 31, while the latter is now the fifth-highest paid defender in the league despite having never been a first- or second-team All-Pro at 28. At least there\u2019s more upside with Wilkins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams does have the Raiders\u2019\u00a0biggest salary cap hit\u00a0at $25.35 million in 2024, and it\u2019s going to skyrocket in 2025 when it reaches $44.1 million. Las Vegas isn\u2019t grossly overpaying any player so Adams may have just been selected due to the fact that there weren\u2019t a ton of options.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DAVANTE. ADAMS.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LVvsMIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LVvsMIA<\/a> | \ud83d\udcfa CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7avWnIHEaG\">pic.twitter.com\/7avWnIHEaG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raiders\/status\/1726309782691483664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Not Fair to Say Davante Adams Is Declining<\/h2>\n<p>Brad Gagnon made the assertion that Davante Adams is on the decline but there\u2019s little reason to believe that\u2019s true. Adams did go from\u00a01,516 receiving yards\u00a0and 14 touchdowns in 2022 to 1,144 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 2023. Yes, his stats did decline but that\u2019s ignoring context.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders had three different starting quarterbacks in 2023 and the team took on dead money just to move on from two of them. Rookie fourth-round pick\u00a0Aidan O\u2019Connell\u00a0ended up starting most of the games but it took him several games to get comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Adams can\u2019t throw himself the ball. The Raiders\u2019 offense as a whole was lackluster in 2023 and also had to go through a coaching change halfway through the season. Despite all of that, Adams finished\u00a015th in the NFL\u00a0in receiving yards.\u00a0Luke Getsy coached Adams\u00a0for years in Green Bay and is now the Raiders\u2019 offensive coordinator. He should know how to get Adams the ball more effectively than the last coaching staff did.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Las Vegas Raiders Still Need a QB<\/h2>\n<p>The Raiders\u2019 quarterback group should be in a better position than it was last season. Aidan O\u2019Connell will be better in his second year and\u00a0Gardner Minshew\u00a0is likely an upgrade over\u00a0Jimmy Garoppolo.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Raiders would still be wise to try to upgrade the group. There\u2019s been a lot of talk around the idea of the team drafting a quarterback early. Davante Adams seems to\u00a0like LSU\u2019s Jayden Daniels\u00a0but Washington\u2019s Michael Penix Jr. is a more realistic target.<\/p>\n<p>Either player would provide much more upside to the position than what the Raiders currently have. Having a wide receiver like Adams would make life easier for a rookie and the team doesn\u2019t plan to trade him. It seems likely that the Raiders will at least strongly consider taking a quarterback in the first round but could also upgrade the offensive line. Either addition should help Adams be more productive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0traded for\u00a0Davante Adams\u00a0in 2022 and gave him a contract\u00a0worth $14o million, the hope was that the team would be competing for the playoffs. 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