While substitutions could challenge the final 2024 Pro Bowl rosters, as it stands now, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams will not be playing in this year’s Pro Bowl. With Adams being left off Wednesday’s roster reveals, it ends the star wideout’s six-year streak of playing in the annual game. Adams may not earn the accolades he’s been known to receive for this season, but make no mistake; the three-time first-team All-Pro receiver is still one of the best at his position.
In fact, with two more receptions in Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos, Adams will have recorded his fourth straight season with at least 100 receptions.
as Vegas Raiders’ Davante Adams has had a better year than most.© Hali Tauxe/IndyStar | 2023 Dec 31 © Hali Tauxe/IndyStar | 2023 Dec 31 Raiders Interim Head Coach Antonio Pierce recognizes that Adams is still striving to be the best player he can be. “Yeah, I mean, a guy that comes to work every day,” Pierce told reporters on Friday. “I mean, I start at the beginning of day in meetings, how he prepares, how he preps, his note-taking, his film study, his conversations with not just the receiving group, but the offense, the quarterback, our OC. Then when you go on the field and just watch the body of work, I mean, he works. “This is not a guy that’s kind of breezing through year 11, and saying, ‘I got it, I made it.’ He’s trying to get better each and every day. He pushes our guys, he’s made our younger DBs really, really, really better and
Because if you’re covering the best guy every day, I don’t know how you don’t get better. It’s been impressive to watch how he carries himself both on and off the field. How he talks. “I mean, at the end of the day, you’re dealing with a guy that, like we talked about, is one of the best in the game and he carries himself as a pro on and off the field..
