Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast on Davante Adams & Aaron Rodgers Dynamic, Netflix Receiver Show, Roger Goodell

The Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast's latest episode examines the Davante Adams and Aaron Rogers dynamic, the Netflix series "Receiver," and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Las Vegas Raiders Davante Adams from Mandatory Mini-Camp in2024 / Noah Scott Fahey, Sports Illustrated

HENDERSON0N, Nev.—The Las Vegas Raiders' attention is now on the NFL Training Camp, which opens in nine days in Costa Mesa, California.

Under the guidance of head coach Antonio Pierce, the Silver and Black have united as a team, from the coaching staff to the players. Their collective optimism and confidence are soaring, and the bar for their performance, if possible, has increased.

The Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast's latest episode examines the Davante Adams and Aaron Rogers dynamic, the Netflix series "Receiver," and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

You can watch the entire podcast below:

Superstar WR Davante Adams spoke after the mandatory mini-camp, and here is a brief transcript of his comments.

Q: What have you seen in the quarterback competition right now? Adams: "Competition, just like what you said. These guys are going out there and it’s not necessarily Gardner [Minshew] trying to beat out Aidan [O'Connell], or Aidan trying to do that. It's more everybody just trying to be the best version of themselves and continue to learn. Neither one of those guys have any familiarity with this offense, so just taking advantage of all their reps, learning from the mistakes because there's going to be obviously a lot of them. It's the hardest position to play in football. It's not going to be easy, but they're continuing to push and push each other too, which is the best part about this thing."

Q: Given where you are in your career right now and your knowledge of the offense, is there any type of frustration or how hard is it to put away a frustration when you see the learning and the install still going on when you're already kind of well versed in it so to speak? Adams: "The frustration comes in mid-season when we haven't made the progress that we need. At this point, you're not a very mature or experienced football player if you're getting frustrated in mandatory minicamp. Obviously, I get frustrated at every play if it doesn't work, like to a certain degree, but it's not frustration where you're losing hope in your teammates or yourself or the potential of what you can do as a team. It's more like, I got a standard and definitely everybody in this circle knows that I've a very high standard for myself, so if I run a go route and ball is overthrown, I'm going to be probably cussing on the sideline for a second. Just more upset that I didn't get to complete that because a lot of what goes into me being as confident as I am on Sunday’s is having made that play 100 times and knowing what that feels like. So, then in the game people come up and say, it just looks so easy. I'm like, well, I don't have to elevate for the game. I come into practice with the same mentality and same intensity that I would have in a game. And when I get those opportunities, it's kind of like, I even alluded to it a couple years ago when I was mic'd up with the Packers, I was talking about the ball being in the air and me feeling like it was deja vu, like as the ball was in the air, I was channeling almost having done that exact same thing before. So, yeah, we just got to keep working and definitely not getting frustrated to the point where I'm thinking it's not going to work out. But we're going to keep our standard. You got to have realistic expectations at this point, but always keep your standard where it's supposed to be."

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