Davante Adams may have had a down year by his own standards for the Los Angeles Rams in 2025, but when the field shrank and the pressure rose, he was still the best receiver in the game where it mattered most: the red zone. Not close, either.
Fantasy Points Data highlighted just how lopsided it was. Adams led all wideouts in red-zone separation win-rate at 33.3%, more than double the next closest names on the list, Ja’Marr Chase at 16.7% and Courtland Sutton at 16.5%.
He also topped the league in red-zone touchdowns with 12, ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown’s 10.
That kind of production is why Adams is not your typical No. 2 receiver. Even with Puka Nacua drawing targets alongside him - and Nacua is described as a top-two receiver on a bad day - Adams still finished 12 of his 14 touchdowns when the Rams needed it most.
The raw numbers from his season don’t jump off the page in the usual way. Adams finished with 60 catches for 789 yards in 14 games.
But 23.3 percent of those catches going for touchdowns tells the real story. If he stays healthy this season, there’s every reason to think his volume can climb while he keeps doing damage in the red zone.
Stefon Diggs, now a free agent, recently made his own case on his YouTube channel: "You can't name a No. 2 [receiver] better than me," he claimed.
Diggs still put together a solid season as the Patriots’ top option, catching 85 passes for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns while playing all 17 games. But the comparison with Adams doesn’t really land in his favor, and the Rams would take Adams without hesitation.
At 33, Adams is obviously on the older side, but he’s not fading into the background. With training-camp reps alongside Matthew Stafford this season - something he didn’t have last year - the expectation is that the connection between two future Hall of Famers should click quickly.
So if Diggs or anyone else wants to label Adams just another No. 2, they’re going to have to explain away the numbers first.
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