There is no such thing as a doubt that the NFL is now a passing-focused league and having a top-flight broad receiver is a necessity. The Las Vegas Raiders undoubtedly have that in Davante Adams who has lengthy been top-of-the-line receivers within the NFL.
Despite the fact that Adams didn’t have his greatest season in 2023, thanks largely to quarterback and head teaching adjustments with the Raiders, he nonetheless completed with 103 catches for 1,144 yards and eight touchdowns. However within the eyes of the creators of EA Sports activities Madden 25, that was sufficient to drop his score a bit.
Adams’ score dropped from a 97 to a 94 with the Raiders star being the sixth-highest rated participant at his place within the sport, through ESPN’s Adam Schefter:
The High 10 broad receivers in Madden 25 through @EAMaddenNFL. pic.twitter.com/kurILMkzkt
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 29, 2024
Final 12 months’s model of the sport noticed Adams rank third behind Justin Jefferson and Tyreek Hill. These two nonetheless declare the highest spots on this 12 months’s sport, although Hill has now surpassed Jefferson. With the rise of CeeDee Lamb and Amon-Ra St. Brown particularly, their rankings took a large leap that in the end pushed Adams a bit decrease.
That isn’t to say Adams isn’t on the extent of the remainder of the receivers on the listing as he most actually is. Previous to 2023 Adams was a First Workforce All-Professional three straight seasons and a Professional Bowler in six consecutive years. He’s greater than able to bouncing proper again and returning to the top-3 when it comes to Madden rankings, one thing that might probably please the Raiders as that might imply he’s dominating on the sphere.
Despite the fact that he’s a pair spots decrease, Davante Adams remains to be top-of-the-line receivers within the NFL as we speak. And these rankings ought to solely function a bit additional motivation for the Raiders chief to remind everybody of that reality in 2024.
Raiders’ Davante Adams feels he’s one of the best receiver within the NFL
Whereas Madden 25 may need him ranked sixth, Davante Adams himself nonetheless feels he’s on the prime of the listing of greatest receivers within the NFL as we speak.
When requested to call his top-5 receivers within the league as we speak, the Raiders star put himself at primary with CeeDee Lamb, Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase rounding out the group.
Adams famous that he’s the one receiver that’s been on the elite degree for the final six years and in his thoughts he has but to be usurped from that prime spot.
