Despite having a 1-3 record to start the season, the Las Vegas Raiders defeated the Green Bay Packers 17-13 on Monday Night Football despite their current struggles.
In contrast to his former team, Davante Adams had a quiet game, catching just four passes for 45 yards while being targeted just four times in total.
Regarding Adams’ lack of targets, the former Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers stated on “The Pat McAfee Show” that the wide receiver “is always open” due to his propensity for making contested catches.
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During Rodgers’ final few years in Green Bay, Adams had been his favorite receiver.
However, he was traded to the Raiders just before last season, and without him, Rodgers didn’t look like his usual self in that season, which was his final with the Packers.
Rodgers, who was traded to the New York Jets this offseason, is undoubtedly recovering from an Achilles tear he sustained during his first offensive series of the regular season.
Adams has 442 receiving yards and three touchdowns through five games, but the Raiders are just 29th in points and total yards this season, and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has thrown more interceptions (seven) than touchdown passes (six) so far this season.
After Adams’ arrival, they had realistic Super Bowl hopes the previous season, but they instead finished just 6-11 due to numerous blown leads and close losses.
Before traveling to the resurgent Detroit Lions on October 30, Las Vegas will play the New England Patriots and the Chicago Bears over the course of the next two weeks, giving them a genuine opportunity to surpass .500.