The Jimmy Garoppolo period in Las Vegas wasn’t lengthy or notably fruitful, and star receiver Davante Adams could have had one thing to do with it.
After going simply 3-3 because the Raiders’ starter by way of October, the workforce benched Garoppolo midseason in favor of rookie Aidan O’Connell — a transfer we now know Adams endorsed due to the Netflix docuseries “Receiver.”
“Nicely my opinion on that, was I signed off on that,” Adams mentioned. “And that is simply the fact of it. You understand, I like Jimmy and he is an ideal man, however one thing needed to occur to ensure that us to have an opportunity down the stretch and to ensure that me to stay a Raider, in all honesty.”
Adams and Garoppolo by no means appeared to mesh nicely collectively. The 2 didn’t develop the chemistry wanted for a profitable QB-WR working relationship, and Adams appeared to develop impatient with the 32-year-old slightly rapidly.
There was even a second throughout Vegas’ 26-14 loss to the Detroit Lions on “Monday Night time Soccer” final October the place Adams misplaced his cool on the sideline after Garoppolo missed him large open for a straightforward landing. Adams hauled in simply one in all his seven targets within the recreation as a result of Garoppolo was so erratic together with his ball placement.
