Through the first six weeks of their 2025 campaign, the Los Angeles Rams have started 4-2 and have the third-best passing attacking in the league (behind the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys), averaging 269.2 passing yards per game.
Despite the success, something still seems to be a bit off between quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Davante Adams. So far this year, Adams has caught 26 passes from Stafford for 396 yards and three touchdowns. However, Adams has caught less than half of his 55 targets.
At Wednesday’s practice session at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, Stafford spoke on his connection with Adams through six games.
“There’s been some good ones,” Stafford said. “There’s been some missed ones. I would take the majority of the blame on a lot of those and just give him a better chance on a couple. He’s still doing a great job of winning. I missed him on the one corner route in the end zone and he made this guy look foolish. He’s doing a great job separating. I have to give him a couple of better chances… The early execution was just two throws really missed by me. That’s the biggest thing I think when it boils down to it.”
Adams was also asked about the connection and even compared it to his work with his former teammate with the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets, quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
“It’s not how I drew it up as far as efficiency goes,” Adams said. “I think we both would’ve liked to be a little bit more efficient, but I know for myself over the last few [games], just based off how we started, [there’s been] a little bit of pressing. I think just playing, going out and playing and figuring it out, me being Davante Adams, him being Matthew Stafford, everybody else being themselves and not feeling a sense of having to fix it and do anything crazy to fix it but just going out and making plays…
“We’re not taking our time by any stretch of the imagination I wouldn’t say a sense of urgency is the necessary term, given we have a pretty good sense of urgency now. It’s just not easy man. I played with Aaron for the majority of my career. We played nine years together basically. It definitely didn’t start off the first couple years, let alone first couple of games the way that we got going. Not that we have another 10 years to go, but it takes time. It’s not easy. Puka and Matthew have been playing together for years now and they have a little better understanding of where one another is going to be, what to expect, and just making it work. It’s been a few where there’s really no excuse for me or him. We just have to put it together.”
Stafford and Adams didn’t get to work together much this offseason, as the quarterback dealt with a back injury that kept him off of the practice field, so it’s understandable that things are taking some time.
If they ever do get on the same page, this offense could hit another gear.
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