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HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce deflected questions in his weekly information convention Wednesday about reviews of All-Professional receiver Davante Adams‘ commerce request and the Raiders’ willingness to deal him.
“Davante’s coping with a hamstring,” Pierce mentioned of Adams, who missed Sunday’s win over the Cleveland Browns with the damage.
“He is rehabbing, and the remainder of us are targeted on Denver.”
With the Raiders (2-2) taking part in on the Denver Broncos (2-2) on Sunday, Pierce was requested if Adams could be within the facility on Wednesday.
“He is purported to be rehabbing,” Pierce mentioned.
Requested about his verified Instagram account liking a post from Sports Illustrated two days earlier (the like was later eliminated) questioning if Adams had performed his remaining sport with Las Vegas, Pierce mentioned, “Yeah, I am simply targeted on Denver.”
Pierce was later requested the place his relationship is with Adams and Pierce mentioned, “Me and Davante speak usually.”
The final time he spoke with Adams?
“I will depart that between me and Davante,” Pierce mentioned.
On the prime of Adams’ commerce want listing are the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints, league sources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter, as Adams would need to reunite with a quarterback he performed with prior to now — Aaron Rodgers, for eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers, and Derek Carr, in school at Fresno State and for a season with the Raiders.
Adams actually has had solely Carr and Rodgers as his quarterbacks since highschool. However since Carr was benched and later launched by Las Vegas after the 2022 season, Adams has caught passes from Jarrett Stidham, Jimmy Garoppolo, Brian Hoyer, Aidan O’Connell and Gardner Minshew.
Nonetheless, Pierce insisted he and the group had been targeted on Denver.
“It begins with me, as a result of that is my solely focus,” Pierce mentioned. “I receives a commission right here to prepare each week for the opponent. I do not blink. I do not flinch. I do not know, I’ve mentioned it earlier than, I have been by way of sufficient of my life with adversity and stuff that it does not hassle me. I simply transfer ahead.
“The following impediment in entrance of me is the Denver Broncos, and that is what I offered to my group and that is what they’re doing proper now within the assembly room. We’re about to exit to apply and do it versus the Broncos.”
The tone Pierce, who took over as interim coach final Nov. 1 and was employed full time in January, is making an attempt to set this week, then?
“Enterprise as ordinary, simply acquired to maintain rolling,” he mentioned. “That is the NFL, issues come up daily. Since I’ve taken over this job, it has been obstacles. That is one other one.”
