The Las Vegas Raiders Davante Adams spoke prior to the Silver and Black contest vs. the Minnesota Vikings.
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00:10 >> Devontae, AP had talked today about how done with talking,
00:16 you gotta start doing it, and five games left.
00:19 That's sort of the message here.
00:21 Is that something that you agree with?
00:23 >> Yeah, we don't really got time to talk at this point.
00:27 It's gotta be all about action.
00:30 I've kinda been saying that the whole year too.
00:31 It's been saying, we definitely aligned a bit.
00:35 I think the whole team kinda realized where we're at right now.
00:38 And we made it a little tougher on ourselves, but
00:42 still everything is out there for us.
00:44 So we just gotta find a way to finish right away.
00:46 >> When you look at the film, are the answers there?
00:48 Do you feel like the answers of why things haven't happened?
00:51 >> Yeah, I mean, from what everybody's saying out there, it's kinda true.
00:54 We are close, we're right there.
00:56 It's just a matter of learning how to finish.
00:58 And it's been kinda the same pattern since last year,
01:01 just learning how to finish these games.
01:04 We had opportunity in Miami, we weren't necessarily up, but
01:08 we were up this past game.
01:10 We gave the weight like we did to them the year before at that place.
01:13 So we just gotta find a way to hold on to these leads and build on them and
01:16 stay impressive as coaches and as players.
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01:23 >> When it comes to Kobe, is he a pleasant surprise?
01:29 Is he as advertised as your kinda running mate out there?
01:32 Or what do you think about him at the next one?
01:35 >> Well, I'll say he reminds me of where he is as far as his respect level was.
01:40 Where I was maybe a year, maybe my fourth, third, fourth year in the league.
01:46 People knew about it, and it was more of what people would come to say after
01:49 the games.
01:49 And the feedback that I get from other players after the game from about
01:53 your Kobe or later on in the week, they'll say certain things.
01:56 I didn't know 6th team was like that, and I tell them the same thing.
02:00 He's kinda like the best kept secret, and we gotta display him more.
02:04 And obviously, give everybody more opportunities.
02:06 But he's one of those sneaky players.
02:09 As far as all the receivers that I've been around in my career that I got to play
02:12 with, I say he's up there amongst guys that really never cover.
02:17 His spatial awareness and ability to put his own savvy on different routes is
02:21 special.
02:22 It's something that you don't just see in some of the people that he worked.
02:26 Part of it is just his genetic makeup, but he works real hard at it.
02:30 It takes a lot of practice, Robert.
02:31 So I mean, it makes it a lot easier on me when he gets a big one like he did on
02:35 the right side line last game.
02:37 We need to work that out again moving forward and the rest of the guys too.
02:41 >> Are you able to unplug during the bye week?
02:44 Do you feel like that's important or do you kinda stay down?
02:47 >> No, I mean, you obviously wanna keep your mind on the main thing, but
02:50 I like to take a few days or however long we can get off and
02:54 just kinda step away from it for a little bit.
02:56 Just enjoy some family time and all that type of stuff.
02:59 It's obviously real late in the season, so
03:02 it's just something that's kinda rare for teams to have to buy this late.
03:06 Not rare for the regular stuff, but yeah, so it's good for me to step away,
03:10 take off a little bit, maybe just some time.
03:15 >> As a player, what do you wanna see out of him being in the last five games this
03:18 season?
03:19 >> I just wanna see him play to the best of his abilities and just trust himself.
03:23 And do what he's been doing, and do the things that he had a real good rhythm in
03:28 preseason, just kinda remind himself of what he can do.
03:32 Just keep building, there's no pressure from any of us, and
03:35 we love him and we support him through everything.
03:37 So I step away, but I just want him to be here, so we can help him out.
03:42 >> Good.