Davante Adams clarifies 'Hall of Famer' comments about Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers

Las Vegas Raiders star Davante Adams clarified comments he made about Derek Carr, where he called his new quarterback a Hall of Famer. Adams spoke last week about the transition he has experienced going from Aaron Rodgers to Carr — something he said was a challenge even if you go from Hall of Fame quarterback to another Hall of Fame quarterback. The quote led fans around the NFL to question whether or not Carr was worthy of the comparison.

On Sunday, Adams clarified that statement by explaining that he wasn’t calling either of them Hall of Famers — yet.

Davante Adams explains Derek Carr comments

Adams laughed at how quickly his quote took over the media’s attention, claiming that he didn’t think anything of it until he read it in a story and realized his mistake. Adams explained that his former Fresno State teammate is definitely working towards the Hall of Fame in his own opinion, but that his quote was not intended to call him a Hall of Fame player currently.

“What I meant to say was, ‘Even if you go Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer, it’s an adjustment.’ I wasn’t saying, ‘Hall of Famer Aaron to Hall of Famer Derek.’ So, I’m not retracting my statement at all,” explained Adams.

“What I’m not going to do is take away from that statement because, why is Derek not a Hall of Famer? What I meant, I left one key word out of there because that’s not exactly what I meant. But I do think that Derek’s career is Hall of Fame-worthy, and why not? Does he have the MVPs right now? No. Has he won a Super Bowl? Not yet. That’s obviously what we’re chasing.

“But what I’m not going to do is say Derek is not going to be a Hall of Famer because at the end of the day I believe — and this is not putting any expectations or any added pressure on him because he puts that type of pressure on himself because of what he expects every time he touches the field. But yeah, I did not mean to say exactly that. I’m going to reiterate — even if you go from Hall of Famer to even another Hall of Famer, it’s going to be an adjustment. Any time you change quarterbacks, is what I was getting at. So, take that and run with it and do whatever you want to do with it.”