Raiders WR Davante Adams to star in new Netflix documentary

Raiders WR Davante Adams to star in new Netflix special

Netflix made waves last year with the documentary “Quarterback,” which featured Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota. It showed their life in the NFL before, during and after a game, and was a massive hit during the summer.

The producers are back with a new docuseries, but rather than featuring quarterbacks, this will star several star pass catchers, including Davante Adams of the Las Vegas Raiders. The news was announced on Wednesday via the NFL and the team X accounts:

Adams, along with Justin Jefferson, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and Amon-Ra St. Brown, will be the featured players. While an official release date has yet to be announced, the expectation is that it will be available shortly after the NFL draft.

There will certainly be a lot to look forward to in this show with Adams, considering the wild 2023 Raiders season. Surely, the show will dive into Josh McDaniels’ firing, Jimmy Garoppolo’s benching and Antonio Pierce’s rise to head coach. We will get a behind-the-scenes look at how Adams handled all of those situations and more.

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Saints hire Keith Williams as their new wide receivers coach

The Saints hired Keith Williams as their new wide receivers coach. Before coming to the NFL, he was a personal trainer for All-Pros like Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill:

The New Orleans Saints have a wide receivers coach: Keith Williams announced on social media that he has accepted the job on Klint Kubiak’s offensive coaching staff under head coach Dennis Allen. NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reports that he received a two-year contract with the team.

Williams previously worked as the Baltimore Ravens assistant receivers coach. But before that, he spent two decades working as a personal trainer for All-Pro wide receivers like Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill. He’s also coached at the college level, having worked with Adams (and Saints quarterback Derek Carr) at Fresno State.

So he has a strong resume. The Saints have a number of young wide receivers for him to develop in Chris Olave, A.T. Perry, and exclusive rights free agent Rashid Shaheed, who is expected to return on a one-year deal before becoming eligible for a long-term extension in 2025. It looks like the Saints have filled all their vacancies on offense, but stay tuned for confirmation and any late additions to the coaching staff.

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What Condition the Position is in: Assessing Raiders level of need at WR ahead of free agency

What Condition Raiders Position is in: wide receiver

With free agency under a month away, it’s time to check in on the Raiders’ wide receiver position to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.

Starters: Davante Adams, Jakobi Meyers, Hunter Renfrow
Depth: Tre Tucker, DJ Turner, Kristian Wilkerson
Free Agents: DeAndre Carter

Adams had a down year with the Raiders due in large part to the QB situation. But keep in mind a down year for Adams is still better than the best year for most receivers. Meyers enjoyed a career year while Adams was dragging coverage away from him. Renfrow had his second poor season in Josh McDaniels’s offense that forgot he existed. Tucker flashed late in his rookie season and could be one to watch.

Condition: Strong

Adams is still one of the best in the game and getting a QB with an arm and pocket presence will bear that out. Meyers proved he is a worthy number two starter. The prevailing thinking is that the team will be moving on from Renfrow, opting for the cap money it would save. His departure would only drop the condition to Stable, mainly because the team likes the speedy Tucker to step up in that case, so they’d still be ok.

Saints targeting Ravens assistant Keith Williams for WR coach

The Saints are targeting Ravens assistant Keith Williams for their wide receivers coach; he coached Derek Carr at Fresno State and previously worked at Tulane

Here’s another name to watch as the New Orleans Saints fill out their offensive coaching staff. NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reports that the Saints are interviewing Baltimore Ravens assistant Keith Williams for their wide receivers coach opening, looking to replace Kodi Burns.

Williams has spent the last three years in Baltimore, initially starting out as the team’s pass game specialist before focusing his work on the receiving corps. But he’s been in the game a long time. Before coming to the NFL he coached at Nebraska, Tulane, and Fresno State, working closely with Derek Carr and Davante Adams early in their college careers.

So he’d obviously have some familiarity with Carr and new insight to bring to the coaching staff. We’ll see if the Saints are able to seal the deal and pull Williams away from Baltimore, so stay tuned. Klint Kubiak has checked most of the boxes in filling out his new-look offensive coaching staff, with a receivers coach being the last major spot to fill.

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Aaron Rodgers recruiting Davante Adams, but Raiders have no plans to trade receiver

Aaron Rodgers recruiting Davante Adams, Raiders have no plans to trade receiver

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is already up to his old recruiting tricks as the Jets prepare for a crucial offseason. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Rodgers is trying to recruit Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams to the Jets.

New York did try to pursue Adams before last season’s trade deadline. The Jets could, and likely will, attempt again to trade for the star receiver but Rapoport notes the Raiders have no plans to trade their top players as they believe they can win.

Adams spent eight seasons with Rodgers in Green Bay. He has been named to the Pro Bowl six times and first-team All-Pro three times. Adams has surpassed 1,000 yards in four straight seasons and five of the last six. Those same numbers apply to Adams catching 100 passes in a season.

Adams has three years left on the five-year, $140 million contract he signed in 2021 after he was traded to the Raiders by the Packers. He is due $16.89 million (2024), $35.64 million (2025) and $36.64 million (2026) over the next three seasons.

One key to keep in mind with a potential trade is that the Raiders kept Antonio Pierce as their head coach, someone Adams developed a strong relationship with. Their new general manager is former Chargers GM Tom Telesco. Needless to say, it takes two to tango and the Raiders may be leaving the Jets on the dance floor. It’s only February, but Jets fans should not be holding their breath on this one.

Every NFL team’s receiving leader from the 2023 regular season

Each team’s leader in receiving yards from 2023

Look, we know the Carolina Panthers had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year—particularly on offense. But fair is fair, and we already gave you passing and rushing leaders.

So, let’s finish it out and run through each team’s leader in receiving yards from the 2023 regular season.

Raiders quickly move on at OC, near deal to hire former Bears OC Luke Getsy

Raiders quickly move on at OC, near deal to hire former Bears OC Luke Getsy

It didn’t take long for the Raiders to move on from their deal with Kliff Kingsbury falling apart. Hours after realizing Kingsbury would not be taking the offensive coordinator job in Las Vegas, the Raiders are now reportedly working on a deal with former Bears OC Luke Getsy.

Getsy among just three candidates who had interviewed for the job with the Raiders along with UCLA head coach Chip Kelly and Steelers QB coach Mike Sullivan.

While Getsy was just recently fired by the Bears, he is the only of the three interviewed candidates who has recent offensive coordinator experience.

One of the interesting dynamics here is what this could mean for the possibility of the Raiders going after Justin Fields. Getsy was fired because he couldn’t make an offense led by Fields work at a high level. If the Raiders believe Getsy is worth hiring as their OC, it would seem they think the issue was Fields, not Getsy.

Another interesting tidbit is Getsy spent seven seasons in Green Bay, joining the team in 2014 — the same year Davante Adams was drafted. Two of those years he was wide receivers coach and another couple years he was passing game coordinator. So, yeah, the two of them are quite well acquainted.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves as we did when Kliff Kingsbury was also “expected” to be the Raiders next OC. Though usually when that word is used, it actually does happen.

Raiders wide receiver corps ranked slowest in NFL

Times they are-a-changin: Raiders wide receiver corps ranked slowest in NFL

Never in my life did I expect to see a stat like this for the Raiders. The slowest wide receiver corps in the league?? Al Davis is spinning in his grave.

Many of you are probably wondering why Tre Tucker’s speed wouldn’t raise this number a bit. Well, first of all, as the chart suggests, it’s weighted for routes run. And Tucker was not a big part of the Raiders offense this season.

With routes run as the filter here, and since I don’t have the raw routes run numbers, I will go by targets, let’s list the Raiders receivers by targets and their 40 times.

Davante Adams 4.56, 963 snaps, 175 targets
Jakobi Meyers 4.63, 903 snaps, 106 targets
Hunter Renfrow 4.59, 363 snaps, 37 targets
Tre Tucker 4.4 334 snaps, 34 targets
DeAndre Carter 4.44, 102 snaps, 7 targets

So, yeah, Tucker has a decent 40 time of 4.4 flat. Though, it’s no Jacoby Ford (4.28) or Darrius Heyward-Bey (4.3). Not many are.

But more importantly, Tucker saw just a third of the snaps this season with Adams and Meyers getting the vest majority of the snaps and targets and their 40 times are not special.

Not that any of this is a big deal, really. Adams in certainly a deep threat with plenty of ability to get separation. Tucker did see his snaps and targets go up over the final few games of the season, twice setting new career-highs in catches and yards in those games.

Mostly it’s just pretty stunning to see the Raiders of all teams last on this list as classically, that has not been the case.

Raiders 2023 Season Ballers

Can you believe it’s been just over a week since the Raiders season ended? It seems like a lot longer than that considering how much discussion there has been about the direction of the team moving forward. But, yes, this time last week we were …

Can you believe it’s been just over a week since the Raiders season ended? It seems like a lot longer than that considering how much discussion there has been about the direction of the team moving forward.

But, yes, this time last week we were detailing the Ballers & Busters from the season finale. And that means it’s officially time to round up the season’s Ballers and the season’s Busters for the final account.

As the name goes, we begin with the Ballers.

Raiders 2023 season awards: Rookie of the Year, MVP, Breakout Player, more

It’s the week for All Pro teams. But while those teams compare players across the league to each other, around these parts we tend to focus on just the Raiders. Which brings us to our 2023 Raiders season awards.

It’s the week for All Pro teams. But while those teams compare players across the league to each other, around these parts we tend to focus on just the Raiders. Which brings us to our 2023 Raiders season awards.