Davante Adams‘ West Coast aspirations are coming true. The Rams are bringing within the All-Professional huge receiver, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports.
The Rams are giving the adorned receiver a two-year, $46M deal, Rapoport provides. He’ll see $26M assured. That is fairly the haul for a participant who will probably be 33 by yr’s finish. However Adams was by far the most efficient receiver who modified groups final season, outshining Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins and Mike Williams. Adams posted 854 yards in 11 Jets video games and has secured one other large payday.
Formally releasing Adams final week, the Jets made the three-time All-Professional a avenue free agent. That allowed him to talk with groups earlier than the authorized tampering interval, which begins Monday. The Rams, who haven’t but separated from Cooper Kupp, are spending large bucks to assist Matthew Stafford after his current recommitment to the crew.
Linked to a West Coast landing spot weeks ago, the Fresno State alum sought at the least $20M per yr and certainly was trying to return to his residence state, Rapoport adds. Adams will now pair with Puka Nacua, coming in as a employed gun because the Rams — after losses within the wild-card and divisional rounds over the previous two years — try and e-book a 3rd Tremendous Bowl berth within the Sean McVay period.
McVay advised Kupp early this offseason the Rams were moving on, and Sunday night time’s information cements it. Three years after giving Kupp a three-year, $80M extension following his triple-crown season, the Rams are including a much bigger title. Adams is a yr older than Kupp, however he has been a lot more healthy than the 2021 All-Professional. The previous Packers, Raiders and Jets star has missed solely 4 video games over the previous 4 seasons. A type of (in 2021) got here attributable to relaxation, and the three others had been throughout a interval during which Adams wished to depart Las Vegas. Though Aaron Rodgers is not going to be coming with him, Adams will hyperlink up with one of many NFL’s most dependable offenses and try and make a distinction.
Adams will go from main a receiving corps housing Garrett Wilson to at least one together with Nacua, because the veteran — after some squandered years from a rivalry standpoint — will return to a Tremendous Bowl menace. Adams nonetheless posted a 3rd straight first-team All-Professional season throughout his Derek Carr reunion season, however the Raiders had begun to say no. Adams confirmed seen frustration with the Raiders’ ensuing Jimmy Garoppolo plan the following season, calling for a benching of the 2023 FA signing. With Adams tied to Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell final yr, the match predictably ended rapidly.
Even with the Jets going 5-12 during Rodgers’ comeback season, Adams played well. His 2023 season with Garoppolo and O’Connell also produced a 1,000-yard year. Adams will head to Los Angeles on the heels of six 1,000-yard seasons in his past seven. We ranked Adams as our No. 15 overall free agent, as solely Chris Godwin got here in forward of the off-and-on Rodgers goal. The $26M assured successfully justifies that placement, because the Rams can pay Adams whereas Nacua remains to be on a rookie deal. Nacua doesn’t grow to be extension-eligible till 2026.
Rodgers has not dedicated to even enjoying in 2025, however that’s the expectation. It could seem his days of enjoying with Adams are over. Adams helped Rodgers to 2 MVPs, enjoying a tertiary position in his 2014 honor (Adams’ rookie yr). Rodgers was briefly linked to the Rams, as they had been finding out their Stafford state of affairs. Now, Rodgers is being related to the Giants, who aggressively pursued Stafford throughout his commerce talks. Because the Giants and Raiders fell quick, Stafford will play a fifth Rams season and have one in every of this period’s finest move catchers to focus on alongside Nacua.
