Davante Adams Fantasy Overview

Adams Stuns With 14 TDs

Adams racked up 60 catches, 789 yards, and a league-high 14 TDs in 14 games. Three of his scores came in a Week 6 game without Puka Nacua.

Adams recorded six top-12 fantasy finishes and three more between WR20 and WR22, but he also mixed in games at WR42, WR43, WR46, and WR47.

Red Zone Usage Pops

Adams quickly earned the trust of Matthew Stafford in the red zone.

Despite missing three games, Adams still ranked third among all pass catchers in red-zone targets and first in targets inside the 10-yard line, scoring 11 of his 14 TDs from that range.

In 12 full Nacua games, Adams drew a 23.5% target share. That trailed Nacua's 28.8% mark but still would have ranked 17th among 56 pass catchers with 80+ targets.

Adams also worked farther downfield in 2025, posting a career-high 13.6-yard average depth of target vs. a 10.5-yard career average.

Efficiency Metrics Dip ... Here's Why

Adams’ 1.93 yards per route run marked his lowest since 2017.

He also posted a poor 54.1% catch rate, hurt by his worst drop rate since 2015 (12.2%). Stafford didn’t help much either: Adams’ 65% catchable target rate ranked 59th among 76 qualifying WRs, while Nacua ranked third at 86%.

Adams’ TD efficiency drove his fantasy production. He posted an inflated 23.3% TD rate, well above his 10.7% career rate entering the season.

An Excellent Situation

Adams benefited from a strong offensive environment.

The Rams ranked first in passing yards, third in pass rate over expected, and fifth in pass attempts. They also finished second in situation-neutral pace and eighth in total plays.

Stafford provided a summer scare after a back injury forced him to miss time in training camp. But he managed the injury well and produced one of the best statistical seasons of his career (4,707-46-8). Stafford has lost just one game to injury over the past three seasons.

Keep An Eye on the Hamstrings

Adams sustained a right hamstring injury late in Week 15. He missed the final three games before returning for the postseason.

Adams missed two games with a left hamstring injury in 2024.

Adams Returns to the Same Role

Adams projects cleanly as the No. 2 target behind Nacua.

The Rams let Tutu Atwell walk in free agency and added only Round 6 WR CJ Daniels this offseason. Returning WRs Jordan Whittington and Konata Mumpfield supply unproven depth with only 263 combined yards in 2025.

The TE room looks deep, with Round 2 pick Max Klare joining Colby Parkinson, Terrance Ferguson, and Tyler Higbee. That group shouldn't threaten Adams' target volume much, but it could cap his snap and route rates. The Rams led the league with a 30.5% rate of “13” personnel (three TEs) last year. Per SumerSports, Adams played only 23.5% of those snaps in his games.

Adams’ 2025 performance made one thing clear: He should remain a central red-zone piece.

McVay Remains in Charge

OC Mike LaFleur took the HC job in Arizona, but there shouldn’t be much of an impact on Adams.

HC Sean McVay will keep calling plays for a unit that’s finished top-10 in passing yards in four of Stafford’s five Rams seasons. The lone exception came in 2022, when Stafford missed seven games with a spinal cord injury.

Paths To Ceiling

The path was clear in 2025: Adams dominated red-zone work, led the league in receiving TDs, and finished WR9 in PPR.

You can’t bank on another 14 scores on a bloated 23.3% TD rate. That mark came in well ahead of his pre-2025 TD rate of 10.7%, but even that lower mark sits well above average for the position. Adams has delivered seven seasons of double-digit TDs across three teams.

He’s as good a TD bet as any WR in the league, and McVay’s Rams remain among the league’s best bets as a scoring offense. We’re projecting 10 TDs for Adams, tied for second-most among WRs.

Risk Factors

Our historical aging curves show WR decline picking up at 33. On average, WRs produce at 78% of peak at that age, down from 86% at 32. And although Adams’ Dec. 24 birthday means he’ll play nearly all of this season at 33, it technically makes this his age-34 campaign (by traditional age tracking).

Adams will also need to dodge another soft tissue injury after missing games with hamstring injuries in back to back seasons.

Matthew Stafford’s health is the other wild card. He played at an MVP level last year, but he’s 38 with a history of back injuries, and the entire offense depends on him staying healthy. Stafford has lost just one game to injury across the past three seasons, though, so he shouldn’t downgrade your Adams outlook.