​Davante Adams proved to be virtually impossible to stop in the red zone for the Los Angeles Rams last season, finishing with a league-leading 14 receiving touchdowns that helped answer a long-standing concern about the team’s effectiveness near the goal line. Despite Adams’ advancing age and some early-season difficulty syncing with quarterback Matthew Stafford, the duo found their rhythm as the 2025 campaign wore on. Stafford’s precise, on-target throws combined with Adams’ imposing size and exceptional movement at the line of scrimmage played a crucial role in Stafford earning his first MVP honor.
The Rams leaned on Adams so heavily that NBC Sports’ Kyle Dvorchak reported his usage on goal-line plays was the highest seen this century. Dvorchak also noted that Adams’ high touchdown ceiling makes him a prime WR2 option for fantasy football managers. Adams signed a two-year contract with the Rams in the offseason, and while his efficiency metrics did not rebound to the level of 2024, he reestablished himself as the league’s premier red-zone weapon. He found the end zone 14 times, even though he missed the final three weeks of the regular season. In fact, he was targeted inside the five-yard line 16 times, more than any other player since at least 2000, marking the most goal-line targets in a season by any player in the new millennium. Even if his role were to contract to a supporting one, the sheer touchdown upside keeps Adams firmly in the WR2 tier for this year.
There were moments when head coach Sean McVay would ride Adams with three straight red-zone targets, regardless of the outcome of the previous play. That level of trust underscored how highly the Rams valued the Stafford–Adams connection. With both players continuing to study the game through a shared lens and another year of collaboration under their belts, there is real potential for their numbers to surge again in 2026.
This piece originally appeared on Rams Wire, highlighting Adams’ goal-line targets in 2025 as the most prolific of any player this century for SEO purposes.