it became obvious to us. They were keeping Derek Carr when
they made the trade for Davante. Adams is former Fresno
State teammate. They've been plotting,
at least recently an effort to try to get together here is
Derek Carr. Talking about being reunited with Davante Adams.
I told my brothers the after the first time we through
there, like how was it? I was like honestly it was like
riding a bike. You know, every ball is right here and the guys
so freakishly talented. He makes me look better than
I actually am. So,
you know, he
it's a blessing to be able to play with him. Not only because
of the player is, but he's one of my best friends in the whole
world. Like, we
tried to plot and scheme, this thing for a long time,
you know,
but at the end of the day, you know, we both loved our
situations, you know, he had a great situation, I had
Great situation,
and
but we always talked about it. One day. We're going to make it
happen and the opportunity came and
we worked. We worked hard, you know, to try and try and make
that happen and the fact that it's here.
It's exciting, you know,
you know, we've had success together, but that was at
the college level completely different. But we do have
confidence that we can do it at this level 2.
Now again, folks it's not tampering if he's acting on his
own and not as some sort of an operative or Emissary of
the team. Hey, I want you to talk to Dante Adams about trying
to get him here. Not that they would ever
number one, be able to prove it or number two even investigate.
The NFL is so haphazard when it comes to tampering. It's like
once every seven or eight years, they
snatch someone who
obviously violated the rules and they make an example out of
them as if that makes it. Okay. All the other times, it Been so
it's not tampering for car and Adams to plot as long as
the Raiders are putting off to it. And again,
we're never going to know if they did. No one's ever going
to care if they did bottom line is, they are together and
they're going to and I'll look into the Vontae Adams. Deal is
another example of something that as its reported.
It's a hell of a lot more significant than it is. It's
a two or three-year deal. And then though either tear it up
and move on from him or give him a new contract. At that
point. It's just kind of the way it is, but you know,
the Raiders are in great shape.
The only problem is I said jokingly.
Ali but it's the truth. They got to deal with the Broncos,
the Chargers in the Chiefs and getting out of that division,
getting to the playoffs is not going to be easy because of who
you have to play twice per year and who you are
competing with to try to get in position for a wild-card berth,
or a division title. Yeah. It's a murderer's row. It really is.
It's unreal. Both west and both conferences are phenomenal.
And yeah, they AFC West with the quarterback play, just kind
of puts it on another bit. Another level there.
That's where it's crazy. And you We'll see how it goes,
Raiders. They got a lot of good qualities. And I know it's
funny like we talked about a few weeks, the team that went
to
the playoffs and we look at them and go. Well, I think
they're the fourth most talented team in the division.
It's be interesting to see what they do, in your one under Josh
McDaniels and the whole new regime change and it just
a different style of play, going to be, you know, cool to see
how they react and can can they really hit the ground running
when the season starts?
I mean, think about it. They got Josh McDaniels
they added. Chandler Jones, they have Davante Adams. They
kept most of their other key players in place. The arrow is
pointing up.
There's a reason to feel good about the Raiders right now.
I think so, tell ya it's not going to be easy to compete
with the Chargers and the Broncos in the Chiefs, but
they've shown that they can
and we get that Patriot Way
infused into the Raiders. Now, hopefully the
locker room will
react to it
better than they did. In Detroit, for example, and maybe
Josh McDaniels will have a different style. He had
a Denver
in 2009. And you know, that's the problem with the Patriot
Way. If it doesn't work early, you're going to be run out of
town because you're gonna piss everybody off. Because there is
a certain robotic
objective emotionless, quality to it, where
you just go about your work every single day. Yeah, and you
don't ask questions and you don't smile and you don't enjoy
yourself. You. Enjoy yourself on the night. You get your
Super Bowl ring and that's it. Yeah. Yeah, no doubt string.
He's learned then that he's learned from that.
That was the something that
I'm on my podcast at the the combine. He kind of delved into
a little bit about. Just the fact of, you know, being
a little bit more open talking to people,
you know, and A Better Way, those are some of the issues.
I think he, you know, self-analyze self their
self scouted and realize, he's got to be better in that
department. Second Time Around the problem though, is when you
are tied to Bill Belichick, and he is your
your Guiding Light, everything you do.
You don't realize how much he enjoyed.
Florence's everything you say and do and how you view
the world. So many of the guys that leave Belichick. I'm going to
do it my own way.
You have become Bill Belichick by osmosis, Matt Patricia. I'm
going to do it my own way.
He didn't Brian floors and we do it my way. He didn't, they
were both extensions of balichek, and for different
reasons.
And possibly for reasons that weren't legal, ultimately, as
it relates to the requirements of the Civil Justice System.
Brian Flores out in Miami, Matt, Patricia. Out in Detroit.
You got a win
in order to make that work and we'll see if Josh McDaniels
really has learned from that extra decade or so. Back with
Bill Belichick after the failure and