Even with the struggles the offense had at times, Adams had no problems dissecting the Chargers secondary. The Pro Bowl receiver totaled 10 catches, 141 yards and a touchdown in his first game as Raider – the second-most receiving yards ever by a player in their Raiders debut.
“It’s exciting to play with him but, he’ll tell you like I will, we just want to win,” Derek Carr said. “We’ll turn the film on. I’ll be better about making too aggressive decisions when I don’t have to. That’s what it really came down to is me forcing the ball to my guys in moments where I didn’t need to.”
Despite the loss, Adams still has a positive outlook on the trajectory of the team. After all, it’s just Week 1.
“I look at [the loss] as something that’s encouraging,” said Adams. “We beat ourselves today, really. Not taking anything away from [the Chargers], they’re a really good team. But we turned the ball over the way that we did today and we still had the opportunity to go down there and win. It says a lot about you as a team, fighting through adversity and our defense did their thing in the second half.
“We’ve just got to find a way to take care of the ball a little bit better and go down there and win. I see it as something we can feed off of moving forward.”
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