NASHVILLE, TENN. – Rams wide receiver Davante Adams surpassed 12,000 career receiving yards in exactly the way you'd expect: He beat his man off the line with a nasty release.

It was a third down inside the red zone with just under 10 minutes remaining. Adams ran a "stutter-ish" go route against single man coverage from cornerback L'Jarius Snead, who traveled with him throughout the day.

Adams separated from Snead off the hesitation and then put on a burst of speed into the end zone where he caught his first touchdown as a Ram from quarterback Matthew Stafford . They brought a cover-zero blitz, so Stafford hung in the pocket as long as possible to deliver a perfect ball, trusting that Adams would get vertical leverage, as he so often does.

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