Davante Adams agrees to a 2-year,
$46 million contract with the Los Angeles Rams
[March 10, 2025]
By GREG BEACHAM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Davante Adams agreed to terms on a
two-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, bringing the
three-time All-Pro back to his native California.
Adams' deal could be worth up to $46 million with the Rams, who will
move on from Super Bowl 56 MVP Cooper Kupp with Adams and Puka Nacua
as the primary playmakers for Matthew Stafford.
The Jets released Adams on Tuesday, and Adams has quickly moved on
from his longtime partnership with Aaron Rodgers. After eight years
together in Green Bay, they spent 11 games together with New York,
which acquired Adams from the Raiders last October.
Adams has been one of the NFL's best receivers for nearly a decade,
starting with his decorated tenure with the Packers. Adams has six
career 1,000-yard receiving seasons, including an active streak of
five consecutive years, along with two 997-yard seasons.
Adams is a six-time Pro Bowl selection who has long compensated for
his lack of blazing speed by excelling at the line of scrimmage and
running routes with impeccable technique. He had 67 catches for 854
yards and seven touchdowns for the Jets last season, including a
monster 198-yard performance against Jacksonville.
Adams appears to be exactly what the Rams needed after they decided
early in the offseason to trade or to release Kupp, their most
dependable receiver when healthy for the past eight seasons under
Sean McVay.
The 32-year-old Adams is only six months older than Kupp, who has
two highly-paid seasons left on the contract extension he received
in 2022 after winning the triple crown of receiving and leading Los
Angeles to a championship.
Kupp is due a $7.5 million roster bonus next weekend, so the Rams
are likely to resolve his future before then.
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New York Jets wide receiver Davante Adams (17) reacts during an NFL
football game against the Miami Dolphins Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in
East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, file)
Adams’ arrival burnishes Los Angeles’ expectations
to be a Super Bowl contender next season. The Rams just finished a
season in which they went 10-7 to win the NFC West, beat powerhouse
Minnesota in the wild-card postseason round and then nearly knocked
off the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in a snowy
road playoff game.
Adams’ new teammates appeared to be excited by the signing.
Defensive back Quentin Lake wrote: “Things just got real serious” on
social media, while Nacua reacted on his Instagram account by
jokingly asking for a Taco Bell hookup from the receiver who has
done commercials for the restaurant chain.
The Rams also re-signed Tutu Atwell last week to a one-year deal
worth $10 million. The 2021 second-round pick has been productive
despite receiving inconsistent playing time in McVay's offense, but
his sizable new deal indicates he is expected to be Los Angeles' No.
3 receiver behind Adams and Nacua.
Jordan Whittington, the sixth-round pick who had 22 receptions for
293 yards as a rookie last season, also is expected to get more
playing time in 2025.
Adams has 957 receptions for 11,844 yards and 103 touchdowns in his
11-year career. He is a Bay Area native who starred collegiately at
Fresno State.
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