Raiders report: Davante Adams ready to ‘put to bed’ postgame incident

Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams is hoping to move on from the postgame incident with a photographer that led to an assault charge being filed against Adams in Kansas City.

Asked after practice Wednesday if he had any comment on the legal developments in the case. Adams said: “Not at this point.”

“I said what I said before, and it was genuine and honest,” he said. “It’s something I regretted, but we’re putting that to bed now. There’s nothing else to really talk about.”

As Adams stepped to the podium, he told reporters with a smile he was looking forward to answering questions about this week’s opponent, the Houston Texans.

The first question was about the incident, which involved a freelancer working on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” broadcast walking in Adams’ path as he left the field following a 30-29 loss to the Chiefs on Oct. 10. Adams shoved him to the ground before continuing on his way to the locker room.

Adams apologized during a postgame interview in the locker room before taking to social media to apologize again.

He was charged two days later with misdemeanor assault in the Municipal Court of Kansas City for committing an “intentional, overt act” that inflicted bodily injury.

Ryan Zebley claims to have suffered whiplash, a headache and a possible minor concussion in police records of the incident.

Wednesday’s comments were Adams’ first on the incident since charges were filed.

Adams is due in court Nov. 10. He is expected to play for the Raiders against the Texans on Sunday, as any potential disciplinary action from the league will likely not happen until the legal process has run its course.

Injury report

The Raiders used the bye week to get relatively healthy, publishing one of their shortest injury reports in several weeks on Wednesday.

Only four players were listed as having any kind of reduced workload Wednesday, the team’s first practice out of the bye.

Tight end Darren Waller was by far the most concerning. He did not participate with a hamstring issue that caused him to miss the majority of the loss to the Chiefs.

Fellow tight end Foster Moreau practiced in a limited capacity as he works his way back from a knee injury that has cost him the last two games.

Wide receiver Mack Hollins was limited by a heel injury, and linebacker Jayon Brown was limited by a hamstring issue.

Moving on without Hobbs

Coach Josh McDaniels talked Wednesday about the challenge of playing at least the next four games without cornerback Nate Hobbs, who has been placed on injured reserve.

“He’s one of our best players and a guy that plays a lot of positions, moves around a lot, very competitive in coverage, good blitzer, good tackler,” McDaniels said. “He brings an element of physicality on every play. But it’s like every other team has dealt with this year. We’re not unique. Nobody feels sorry for us. We don’t want that. We have other guys ready to step in.”

Anthony Averett could be one of those players. He has been on injured reserve since suffering a thumb injury, similar to the one Hobbs endured, in Week 1.

Averett returned to the practice field Wednesday, triggering the start of a 21-day window for the Raiders to decide whether to activate him or lose him the rest of the season. He believes he is close to ready to return.

“I got through day one and felt pretty good out there,” he said after practice.

According to McDaniels, Averett will be part of a committee approach to replacing one of the most valuable defensive players on the team.

“I don’t know that they’ll duplicate his role, but they’ll share the burden,” he said. “So I look forward to seeing our guys do that. Anthony is back on the practice field, which is good.

“It seems like one leaves and one comes back. You’re hopeful you can maybe make up for it with other people and hopefully looking forward to getting Nate back.”

Wide receiver DJ Turner also practiced Wednesday and started his 21-day window. He’s also been out since suffering an ankle injury.

‘C’ patch update

McDaniels said the lack of “C’s” on the jerseys of the Raiders’ team captains this year is a complicated issue that he expects will eventually be resolved.

“Yeah, that’s a long story,” he said. “We’re in the process of working through that. One-hundred percent, they’re all captains. So, it’s a thing with us and the league trying to get a color. It’s kind of above my head right now, so leave it at that.”

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