As a lot as huge receiver Cooper Kupp seems confused about why he was proven the door by the Los Angeles Rams this offseason, it seems to outsiders that the Rams merely considered veteran Davante Adams as an improve on the place.
Whereas at an occasion on Sunday, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford reacted to his membership changing Kupp with Adams.
“I’ve a ton of respect for him, the way in which he goes about his enterprise and the way in which he performs the sport,” Stafford mentioned about Adams, as shared by Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Occasions. “He’s been a big-time [player] on this league for a very long time, so completely satisfied to have him. I do know he’s going to be an enormous addition to our staff.”
Adams is a three-time first-team All-Professional choice who tallied 85 receptions for 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns throughout 14 complete video games with the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Jets this previous season. That is spectacular contemplating he caught passes thrown by journeyman Gardner Minshew, 2023 fourth-round draft decide Aidan O’Connell and a beaten-up version of Aaron Rodgers.
The Rams signed Adams to a two-year contract that might be value as much as $44M earlier this offseason.
Whereas Stafford would be the greatest signal-caller Adams has had since Rodgers was taking part in at a Most Helpful Participant degree with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, Kupp ultimately signed a three-year, $45M deal with the Seattle Seahawks. Kupp performed just for the Rams from the beginning of his NFL profession in 2017 by way of the 2024 season, however injuries limited him to simply 33 regular-season video games over the previous three campaigns.
He’s now on observe to face the Rams twice subsequent season as a member of the Seahawks.
“An excellent teammate, an excellent Ram — I believe all people right here is aware of that and might admire what he was for our staff and what he was for this neighborhood,” Stafford mentioned about Kupp. “Comfortable that he landed someplace he needed to be and bought the deal he deserved. I’ll nonetheless keep in contact with him like I at all times do, and I’ll pull for him so long as we’re not going in opposition to one another.”
Stafford and the Rams might undergo a breakup as quickly as next offseason, so he and Kupp might share a locker room as soon as once more down the highway except the signal-caller retires in early 2026. For now, Stafford will hope the Rams have been proper about Adams being a greater possibility than Kupp for the 2025 marketing campaign.
