But as I mentioned, talent and ability only get you so far. I myself agree that Carr’s talent and ability are similar to Rodgers. Just as Adams believes in his own set of skills over the long haul, he believes in Carr’s, even when having to compare him to Rodgers. Talent and ability don’t equal high-level NFL production, Hall of Fame induction, Super Bowl wins, awards, or really anything for that matter. Though the two are similar, in that sense, right?
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On the surface, comparing Adams to Jerry Rice is ridiculous if you take Rice’s entire career into account, just as Adams acknowledged in his full quote.īut does Adams, considered by many the best WR in the NFL for a few years now, have the talent and ability of Rice? That’s arguable. It all relates to talent and ability, the phrase he used in his viral, out-of-context comment. But when Adams stopped just short of comparing himself to NFL great Jerry Rice, who is arguably the best football player in NFL history, it solidified, in my opinion, what Adams meant regarding Rodgers and Carr. So clearly, there was much more context surrounding Adams’ quote, as tweeted by ESPN. We’re both chasing it and still got a lot in front of us.” We’ll see when it’s all said and done, or after some more time, just to be fair overall. I wouldn’t be here if I was slighting Derek, but I don’t think I’m ready to compare myself to Jerry Rice just yet. Like I said, that’s not a slight on Derek whatsoever. “But as far as talent and ability, I mean, it’s really similar if I’m keeping it real.”Īdams went on: “So a lot of similarities but much different, and I think Derek is in a position to where he’s chasing to be one of the all-time greats like that. And I think Derek is also aware of that from a big picture. And me, I’m still going and there’s still a lot that I got to do to be able to be mentioned with Jerry, I’m aware of that. It’d be tough to do because Jerry’s put together what he’s done and it’s undeniable respect for him. That’s just like comparing me to Jerry Rice.
“You have Aaron, who’s cemented as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. It’s really apples and oranges there,” Adams said, per Reed and his colleague, Vic Tafur. But first, here’s more of the comment, courtesy of The Athletic’s Tashan Reed, who tweeted the quote in full.
I might be in the minority in that regard, so I’ll explain shortly. While I agree that the quote is more accurate and interesting with more context, I believe that this fraction of Adams’ comment represents his answer quite well. But how well does it represent what Adams actually said? Yeah, publishing that quote by itself is guaranteed to get a lot of likes on Twitter, that’s for sure. Rodgers won the NFL MVP award in each of the last two seasons and has four MVP trophies overall. Reporters noted that the quote was taken out of context, perhaps because it seemed that Adams compared Carr to Rodgers too favorably. Here’s the tweet from ESPN that took a tiny fraction of Adams’ quote and ran with it. Though Adams gave a lengthy, insightful answer, a small, juicy portion of his comment made the rounds on social media. It all started when Adams was asked to compare Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr to his previous signal-caller, future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers. Recently, a quote from Adams raised eyebrows in much the same way. When the Raiders acquired All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams via trade in March, the transaction caught many by surprise and caused quite a stir leaguewide.
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