The Los Angeles Rams prepare for their Week 15 Sunday Night Football showdown against the Detroit Lions following their dominant victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Davante Adams continues to manage a hamstring issue. Will fantasy football managers have the star receiver available for this crucial matchup?
Davante Adams Injury Update
Adams has been dealing with a hamstring issue that has kept him on the injury report for multiple weeks. The veteran receiver told reporters that his left hamstring issue happened early during the Rams’ game at Carolina in Week 13. Despite the injury, he hauled in four of five targets for 58 yards and two touchdowns in that contest.​
Adams once again did not practice on Wednesday. Head coach Sean McVay said Adams missed Wednesday’s walkthrough to rest his hamstring. The same routine occurred last week when Adams was listed as a DNP last Wednesday before getting back on the field as limited Thursday and logging a full practice Friday.​
This represents nothing more than routine maintenance for a veteran receiver. McVay described the listing as precautionary. The head coach is not worried about his injured players, including Adams, and expects all of them to be available for Sunday.​
Adams is fine and at no risk of missing Sunday’s game against the Lions. Considering McVay’s comment, Adams will likely follow a similar practice regimen this week, especially with two games in five days between Weeks 15 and 16.​
Adams’ Fantasy Outlook
Adams is kind of like peak Derrick Henry these days in that you chase the strong mean and upside cases, understanding that a dud is going to be be sprinkled in every now-and-again.
For Henry, game script was the deciding factor. When his team was trailing, he was at risk. For Adams, it’s more random.
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No one in the NFL has proven capable of slowing him down inside the red zone on a consistent basis, but when the Rams strike for three touchdowns of 28+ yards, there’s only so much he can do.
Even in a week where he failed to score, the future Hall of Famer earned a pair of end zone targets: he wasn’t far off from getting you the stat line you were expecting. He gets the 10th worst red zone defense in the league this week and will again lead the position in terms of TD equity.
I don’t like betting on touchdowns with my WR2 slot, but outliers exist and Adams is certainly one of them.
— PFSN Fantasy Analyst Kyle Soppe
