Raiders HC Josh McDaniels wants to 'put to bed' one conversation being had

Justin Churchill — College Football & NFL Trending News Writer

Oct 22, 2023 6:06 PM EDT

Las Vegas Raiders Josh McDaniels — Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports

The Las Vegas Raiders lost in one of the most embarrassing ways they could have. They lost to a bad Chicago Bears team, so bad they may be one of the worst teams in the league. Not to mention, they didn't have their starting quarterback or several other starters. Tyson Badgent, a rookie quarterback from a Division Two school, lit up the Raiders defense.

However, one of the conversations that continues to dominate headlines involving the Raiders is how Davante Adams is used. He hasn't been used effectively the last few weeks, and he let everyone know.

The first four passes of the game were all to Davante Adams. And, not to mention, they were all for a gain of some sort, two of them big gains. The Raiders still ended up going away from that, and Adams finished with an average game – seven receptions for 57 yards. He did, however, pass Jerry Rice on a pretty cool record.

After the game, Josh McDaniels wanted to put all of that to bed.

"To put this to bed, like, we always try to get the ball to our best guys, you know what I mean? And sometimes the defense, you know, plays things and takes that opportunity away," McDaniels said after the game.

"Just so happened there was a handful of things early in the game that we had opportunities to go ahead and get to them, and they played defenses and didn't double team on. I mean, they got off to a decent start, and they started to do some things with the coverage, and again, we got to play the game more on early downs."

In other words, it sounds like he is tired of all of the Davante Adams talk regarding not getting the ball when he should. It sounds like he is trying to put that narrative to bed, and, then again, Adams had 12 targets. Some of them weren't great passes, though, and one of them was even a drop that should have been a touchdown by Adams.

The Raiders have to find better ways to get him involved though, even when he is being shown different defenses. Even when Adams is double-teamed or things of that nature, because he is your best player. The second-best player on offense, Josh Jacobs, can't get anything going, so they have no choice but to go to Adams.