Davante Adams may be lining up for a very specific kind of comeback: one that sends him straight back against the Packers.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Rams wide receiver is expected to be ready for a Week 12 matchup with Green Bay after dealing with a hamstring injury. Rapoport laid out the timeline on Thursday during an appearance on NFL Network, saying, “The hope is Davante Adams is back by Week 12.
That would be against the Packers. That would be on Thanksgiving Eve, and that would be an excellent outcome for the Rams,”
Adams has been out since Los Angeles’ Week 6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium, when he left the game hobbling and finished with 39 receiving yards on three catches and four targets.
The Rams have managed to win all three games without him, but the offense is clearly built to be more dangerous when Adams is available. That becomes even more important now with Puka Nacua also sidelined, leaving Los Angeles thinner at wide receiver even with Matthew Stafford, the reigning NFL MVP, running the attack from under center.
When Adams first went down, the expectation was that he would miss six to 10 weeks. A return against Green Bay would put him on the best-case end of that window.
Los Angeles gets another shot at Arizona in Glendale on Sunday, then heads into its Week 11 bye before the Packers game.
Through six games this season, the 33-year-old Adams has 480 receiving yards, four touchdowns and 30 receptions.
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