Davante Adams

Davante Adams finished 2025 as the number 9 wide receiver in total points per reception scoring — and the number 9 wide receiver in points per reception per game. Same rank, two different lenses. That tells you everything: Adams didn't pile up empty volume, and he didn't miss enough time to torpedo his total. He landed in the same neighborhood whether you measured the whole pie or sliced it per appearance. In his first full year catching passes from Matthew Stafford, Adams settled into a role as the touchdown-scoring complement to Puka Nacua's volume monster in a Rams offense that finished second in the league in total offensive expected points added at plus 152.9. Efficient, opportunistic, and tethered to a passing attack that ranked second in the league in passing expected points added at plus 137.9.

Now let's dig into the numbers, because the touchdowns are the whole story. Adams averaged 15.9 points per reception per game across 14 games — 222.9 total. He was the clear secondary option: Nacua ran away with the targets, catching 129 balls for 1,715 yards. Adams still cleared the top ten because Stafford led the league with 46 passing touchdowns, and Adams was the guy Stafford hunted when the field shrunk. The Rams scored a touchdown on 68.5 percent of red zone trips, sixth-best in football, and ended 75.3 percent of their scoring drives in the end zone — second in the league. Adams cashed in. But the week-to-week profile was boom over steady: three games above 22 points per reception, offset by a 9.1, a 7.9, a 7.1, a 6.9, and an 11.1. Roughly a third of his appearances came in under 12. When the touchdowns hit, he smashed. When they didn't, the yardage floor wasn't there to save him — the trade-off baked into being a touchdown-dependent number-two option on a high-scoring offense.

The play that captures the season isn't the longest — it's the red zone design in miniature. Second quarter against Indianapolis in Week 4: second and 10 from the 10-yard line, 11 seconds left in the half, Rams trailing 10 to 6. Stafford goes shotgun, finds Adams on a short throw to the left, 10-yard touchdown, nearly four expected points added. That's the Adams role in one snap — Stafford trusts him inside the 20, the ball gets there, six points. Adams scored on a 1-yard route, a 2-yard route, a 4-yard route, a 7-yard route, and a 10-yard route this year. The touchdowns weren't accidents. They were the design. That's how a secondary receiver finishes as the number 9 wide receiver without leading his own team in catches or yards.