Raiders’ Davante Adams says All-Pro nod ‘proved that I am me’

Davante Adams has been named first-team All-Pro for three consecutive seasons, but it was the most recent one — after his first season with the Las Vegas Raiders — that meant the most to him.

Why?

Because he achieved it without Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback.

“It proved that I am me,” Adams, who was traded to the Raiders during the 2022 offseason after eight seasons with Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, told The Ringer in an interview published Tuesday. “A quarterback doesn’t make me. … I…