Davante Adams had a standout performance for the Rams in their Monday night victory over the Giants, catching eight passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns. Despite Adams' excellence, the Rams struggled with sloppiness, including turnovers and special teams issues, suggesting they still have work to do before facing tougher opponents. The win helped the Rams recover from their loss to the 49ers but highlighted areas needing improvement as they aim for Super Bowl contention.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-22,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
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Davante Adams reminded everyone Monday night that he can still look like one of the best wide receivers in football.
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he → remind → football
The Rams will need more time to convince everyone they are bound for the Super Bowl.
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they → need → Bowl
Those are separate conversations, and a productive night against the Giants should not blur the distinction.
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night → blur → distinction
Adams was exceptional when the Rams desperately needed him to be.
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him → need → ?
Capable of taking a game that felt uncomfortable and giving Matthew Stafford a way to make it manageable.
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it → take → way
He finished with eight catches for 195 yards and two touchdowns, a forceful reminder that, at 33 and in his 13th season of a career bound for Canton, Adams can still be the best player on the field.
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Adams → finish → field
That needs work.
Kyren Williams’ fumble at the Rams’ 11-yard line handed the Giants three points.
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fumble → hand → points
A better opponent might have collected seven.
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opponent → collect → seven
Terrance Ferguson dropped a perfectly thrown ball from Stafford, negating what would have been a first-down pick up in Giants territory.
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what → drop → territory
He forced a throw into double coverage and paid for it with an interception.
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He → force → interception
Meanwhile, special teams supplied more reasons for concern than confidence.
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teams → supply → confidence
And as the night wore on and the Giants began to wilt, the Rams presented a more encouraging picture.
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Rams → wear → picture
But reaching their lofty goals will require them to clean up the sloppiness.
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reaching → reach → sloppiness
Better opponents loom, and they’ll charge full price for the mistakes the Giants let slide.
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Giants → loom → mistakes
Adams gave them enough to get away with it Monday.
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Adams → give → it
They cannot count on their next opponent being so forgiving.
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opponent → count → ?
For all the hoopla surrounding the Giants’ season-opening win over the Cowboys, this was still a team coming off four wins, finding its footing in its first season under John Harbaugh.
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this → surround → Harbaugh
Then quarterback Jaxson Dart went down on the opening drive.
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Dart → go → drive
Jameis Winston picked it up from there, although “picked it up” might be giving him too much credit.
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picked → pick → credit
That matters when assessing what happened Monday at SoFi Stadium.
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what → matter → Stadium
So does the fact that, outside of Adams, the Rams still looked a little off-kilter, hardly the juggernaut so many expected them to be.
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them → do → Adams
They needed this game after losing their opener to the 49ers in Australia.
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They → need → Australia
They also needed to give everyone a reason to believe the problems that followed them home were being addressed.
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that → need → them
Adams did his part.
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Adams → do → part
Before halftime, Adams had five catches for 145 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown and a 64-yard reception that set up another Rams touchdown.
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that → have → touchdown
He was the spark, the solution and, for considerable stretches, the best reason to trust that the offense could find its way.
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offense → trust → way
It was an impressive response to an assignment the Rams had hoped they wouldn’t have to give him.
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they → hop → him
With Puka Nacua sidelined by a hip injury, somebody had to become Stafford’s primary weapon.
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somebody → sideline → injury
Adams remembered how.
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Adams → remember → ?
There was a time when that would hardly have qualified as news.
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that → be → news
Adams spent years being the receiver defenses built their plans around, stacking thousand-yard seasons and making a convincing argument that nobody played his position better.
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nobody → spend → position
Time has moved that conversation along.
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Time → move → conversation
Nacua now belongs near the front of it.
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Nacua → belong → it
Adams came to the Rams with a different job description, one that allowed him to complement an extraordinary young receiver while giving Stafford another accomplished target.
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him → come → target
Adams was perfectly capable of making Robin a miserable problem for opposing defenses.
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Robin → make → defenses
There was no need to ask whether Adams could still carry an offense when the Rams already had someone equipped to do it.
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Rams → be → it
Suddenly, the luxury of having Adams became the necessity of leaning on him.
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luxury → have → him
And there he was, turning two of his first four catches into the kinds of plays that can change the direction of a night.
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that → turn → night
The touchdown put points on the board.
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touchdown → put → board
The 64-yard reception put the Rams in position for more.
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reception → put → more
…and 30 more, not listed.
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