Raiders Superstar WR Davante Adams Bears Week

The Las Vegas Raiders (3-3) are headed to the Windy City this weekend to battle the Monsters of the Midway, the Chicago Bears (1-5), whilw looking to get above .500.

LAS VEGAS, Nev.--The Las Vegas Raiders (3-3) have high hopes for this season, and they are headed to the Windy City this weekend to take on the Chicago Bears (1-5) as they look to get above .500 for the first time this season.

A short time ago, superstar wide receiver Davante Adams addressed the media on the state of the franchise, specifically his angst with the offense and much more.

You can watch the entire press conference above and read the transcript below:

The Las Vegas Raiders superstar WR Davante Adams is frustrated with the Silver and Black offense, and the good news is that his coach is as well / Darrell Craig Harris, Raiders Today

Wide Receiver Davante Adams

Q: I know we’ve asked you about it the last couple of weeks, with you having lower targets in some games. Has there been any frustration that's come with that? Or have you kind of just been working through it?

Adams: “I mean, it's a work in progress. Obviously, we're going to continue to work through it, but I mean, I'm a human being and I have extremely high standards for myself in this offense. I'm sure people are thinking like: ‘Well, they won the game. They won the Packers game. Why is there an issue?’ I mean, you see why it's an issue. You all should know who I am, know what I'm about at this point. So, when you're a player like me mentally, my benchmark is not wins and losses, it’s greatness. So, when I go out there, I expect to be able to have that ability, to put that on tape, and have an influence on the game. Like I say every week, that's my purpose for being here. I'm not here just to hang out and come here to hang out with Derek [Carr] and all of that stuff from last year. I came here to win and to do it the right way. So, I mean, if it doesn't look like it's supposed to look, then I'm going to be frustrated if I'm not a part of that plan because I have the opportunity to go and change that and make it look like a much better picture out there. And if that doesn't happen, then I'm going to be frustrated. If Jakobi [Meyers] goes out and has a monster game, or if the offense is scoring every five plays like our first drive on the Bills, then it is what it is. It's not about me, but I'm one of the bigger pieces as to why this offense is going to go, and if I'm not getting it, then that's obviously not according to plan. So, we want to obviously keep working like we are to get that right.”

Q: Why are you not getting the targets you think you should be getting?

Adams: “I mean, I'm not naïve. At the end of the day, it's not easy throwing to somebody who gets the coverage that I get and it's a lot of attention, a lot more than what I'm sure, Jimmy [Garoppolo], Derek [Carr], Hoy [Brian Hoyer], whoever we got out there, Aidan [O’Connell]. It's a lot more complex picture that they're looking at than the numbers that we are studying throughout the week because you're going off of tendencies and what other teams do and how they play other teams and things like that, and then when you play us it's going to be different. So, it's a lot of things that have to go right, whether it's the play call that's being put in at that particular moment. I'm not saying that the play calls are bad, but it's real critical each time of making sure you execute the proper way. So, if we can't adjust throughout games, and talk me to quarterback, or me and the head coach or whatever the case may be having the proper communication to make the picture right, then it's going to be a lot more difficult than it was three years ago on third down for whoever else was out there with Derek. It's just the way that it is. So, I'm aware of that and I know that it's not easy, but I've done it, and I even did it last year. We've had flashes this year of making it happen, but it's just got to happen on a more consistent basis in order for us to be the offense that we want to be.”

Q: Coach Josh McDaniels put you in the group with Randy Moss, who is one of the greatest, and he seems just as frustrated as you are, wanting more. Is that refreshing when your head coach is just as frustrated as you are, and you are on the same page?

Adams: "100 percent. It definitely makes you feel better that other people see it the same way as you,but that doesn't fix it. You've still got to do something about it as a whole, not him, but as a whole we've still got to find a way to get it going. But obviously it makes me feel better knowing that I'm not crazy, people are thinking the same way I am."

Q: How do you take that frustration and turn it around to make a message strong enough so that your offense understands, and you're able to proceed in a better way?

Adams: "Well it's not really about them understanding. I think everybody has the same idea. It's not like: 'Hey, oh, we've got to get to the ball,' like we're just figuring that out. It's just about executing the plan that we are obviously implementing throughout the week to make it happen. Whether it's the players executing better or certain situations, just putting us in the best position possible to make it work."

Q: How much of that do you think it's just the temperament of a great receiver? You want the ball even when you're winning, whatever. You want the ball.

Adams: "I mean, I don't know many great ones who didn't demand to be a big part of what's going on. And like I said, it's not like I'm asking for something that they don't want to do. I'm not sitting here saying I'm on a team where these guys got me here and they're just wasting me intentionally. It's just a matter of making it happen. And like I said, I feel like I've said it like three or four times now, but that's really what it comes down. It's the idea, it's got to be the idea, but that's a prerequisite to making it happen. That's got to be the idea, everybody's got to want to do it, but making it happen is the next part. But yeah, I guess to answer your question even more, in order to be a great receiver, I think that needs to be a part of your mindset, a certain ego that needs to go along with it."

Q: When did you first learn about the way that Maxx Crosby works and maybe find somebody else that works the same way you do? What is it like to have a guy like that?

Adams: "I mean, it's inspiring, man. No matter if I'm older than them, more experienced, or whatever, I look up to a guy like that. And I told him I just the other day. It doesn't necessarily mean I look up to you like an idol but like I said, that's really inspiring to see somebody especially that young -- it's hard to think like Maxx [Crosby] is a young guy, but he's still really young. I mean, that's the type of dude -- not to blow him up too much -- but he's the type of dude who can play like, God willing, 20 years, just because of what he puts into it, how he takes care of his body. I mean, he's going a million miles an hour every week. You all see the way that he plays. At this is at this point, it's like you just shake your head when you watch the tape. It's not like I'm like blown away, I don't come off like: 'Oh my God!' It's just like, how do you continue to do that? But it's just a certain amount of pride that goes into what he does, and it's the closest to -- other than Aaron Rodgers -- guys who that I've played with to my mentality as far as the way that I go out there every single time I take the field, that intention and just the need to dominate is unbelievable when I watch him. So, it's inspiring."

The Silver and Black will head out 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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