Davante Adams Fantasy Week 1 Start or Sit: A Top-20 Play Again

Davante Adams led the Rams in receiving three times last season, and two of those came against San Francisco. He comes in 31st among wide receivers for Week 1. I’m not an Adams guy this season, but until this specific defense shows it can slow him, I’m fine with him as a top-20 play.

Should You Start or Sit Davante Adams in Week 1?

How many times do you think Davante Adams led the Rams in receiving yards last season?

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He did it three times and two of them came against these Niners.

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I can’t really explain it. San Francisco completely lost track of him at various points (77 yards in the fourth quarter of the first meeting and 48 in Q1 of the second meeting, both of which were season highs for those quarters), something we didn’t see much of at any other point during the season when it comes to a largely touchdown-dependent Adams.

Nacua was quiet, I guess, by his standards in those games (74.5 receiving yards per game without a 25-yard grab), but this wasn’t a sell-out to stop him situation that allowed Adams to thrive.

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He just kind of beat them and we saw some of this in the San Fran profile last season. Of the top-10 WR point totals they allowed, three came against low-expectation players (Greg Dortch, Xavier Hutchinson, and Kameron Johnson), so maybe there is something to this scheme.

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For the record, I’m not an Adams guy for this season. I think this team can hurt you in too many ways for him to repeat what he did a year ago and that the floor is far too low for me to commit to locking him into lineups for the long haul, but until this specific defense can slow him, I’m fine with considering him a top-20 play this week across all formats.

Where Does Davante Adams Rank Amongst Other WRs in Week 1?

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See PFN’s Week 1 Fantasy Wide Receiver Rankings for the full board.

This article originally appeared on Pro Football Network.