Raiders’ Davante Adams Clarifies HOF Remarks When Comparing Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers

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Davante Adams is already making headlines with his new team.

The wide receiver turned heads when he seemed to call Derek Carr a surefire future Hall of Famer like Aaron Rodgers during an interview with CBS Sports on Friday: “Any time you change quarterbacks from Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer … it’s going to be a little bit of an adjustment.”

He provided some more context to the situation Sunday.

“But what I meant to say was, ‘Even if you go Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer, it’s an adjustment,'” he said, per Paul Gutierrez of ESPN. “I wasn’t saying, ‘Hall of Famer Aaron to Hall of Famer Derek.’ So, I’m not retracting my statement at all.”

He also compared the situation to a rapper delivering lines in a song:

“Being a rapper, it’s very vital, you’ve got to have the bars, obviously. You know you’ve got to have the bars. The line’s got to be there. But a very, very vital and critical piece of being a rapper is the delivery, right? I wasn’t a great rapper the other day.

“What I’m not going to do is take away from that statement because, why is Derek not a Hall of Famer? What I meant, I left one key word out of there because that’s not exactly what I meant. But I do think that Derek’s career is Hall of Fame-worthy, and why not? Does he have the MVPs right now? No. Has he won a Super Bowl? Not yet. That’s obviously what we’re chasing.”

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.

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