Rams Davante Adams snags two more short-yardage TDs today

Davante Adams jogged back to the huddle with that same little shrug that has probably driven a few defensive backs to question their life choices, another short-yardage touchdown in the books, another quietly devastating reminder that sometimes football really is as simple as throw it to seventeen and get out of the way. The Rams lost a wild one to the Panthers, 31-28. However, Adams still managed to turn the red zone into his personal comedy club, cashing in two more scores to bring his season total to fourteen, the best mark among NFL wideouts this year according to major stat trackers, a fact that feels both inevitable and slightly unfair at the same time.

The funny part is how unglamorous so many of these touchdowns look on the surface; they are not all fifty-yard bombs or leaping circus grabs over two defenders, though he can still do that whenever the mood strikes. More often than not, it is Adams isolated on the boundary, a corner pressed up thinking this time will be different, and then a quick release, a sharp step, a ball placed exactly where it needs to be, and a catch that looks so routine it almost feels rude to celebrate. The routes are short, the space is tight, but Adams turns these moments into layups, timeless little reminders that elite route running and body control are as lethal from the three-yard line as they are from midfield.

Somewhere in a film room, a defensive coordinator is probably pausing the tape and asking a room full of tired players how this keeps happening, how the whole stadium knows where the ball is going, and it still ends up in the same hands over and over again. Adams smiles, lines up again, and keeps stacking scores. This veteran has turned the nuances of leverage, timing, and footwork into a weekly masterclass disguised as simple goal-line efficiency.

Fourteen touchdowns on the season and counting, all from a receiver who seems perfectly happy to make his living in those cramped corners of the end zone, where there is no mystery at all, just a quarterback, a trusted target, and a dance they have rehearsed so many times that even close losses like today cannot keep them from hitting their marks.

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