Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams hit yet another frustrating end to his Super Bowl hopes with the Los Angeles Rams' loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game.
Now, it is difficult to see a path back to the big dance for a star playmaker who hasn't gotten the final accolade he deserves. Adams has now dropped to 0-5 in his career when he has the chance to advance to the Super Bowl, leading to his commenting on the frustrating experience after Sunday's loss (h/t @@ArashMarkazi):
"It's tough to focus on that right now. It's tough. It's a tough moment we're in right now. So, process the emotions of this and then worry about that. Obviously, I love this team, love what this team is about. Love the fight that we had all year. It just sucks to come up short."Davante Adams
Adams was clearly shaken by the loss and was thinking about the future and the tough road that lies ahead if he wants to find an elusive Super Bowl win.
Ex-Packers WR Davante Adams Faces Uncertain Path Towards Super Bowl Ring
It is an oddity of an incredible career highlighted by this past season with the Rams and previous dominant seasons with the Packers. Part of the roadblock to Adams reaching the final game was lost seasons spent with the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Jets. Both stops failed to offer any shot at playoff contention and left him anxious to return to a standard of winning that Green Bay offered so consistently in the first years of his career.
While regularly winning with the Rams was unquestionably a nice change, yet again, Adams has fallen short of his ultimate goal. It is hard to see Los Angeles having a better shot at a title run next season, with the NFC playoff field likely stronger and the future of quarterback Matthew Stafford in question. Throw in the fact that Adams just turned 33 years old last month, and it's easy to see that he's running out of time.
For Adams, perhaps the best path to reaching the Super Bowl is riding out his contract with the Rams and opting to spend the final years of his career as a mercenary.
Adams finished the 2025 season with 789 receiving yards and an NFL-leading 14 touchdowns on 60 catches in 14 games, proving that there is plenty left in the tank. The wise path is to finish out the contract with the Rams and hope for a magical run in the 2026 season as the second option on an NFC contender.
If this fails, the next step for Adams won't be returning home to Green Bay, but looking to the AFC, which appears to have three cemented contenders. Joining Josh Allen in Buffalo, Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, or Drake Maye in New England should be the trio of options that Adams has at the top of his list when reaching free agency in 2027.
As nice as it would be to return to the Packers, Green Bay's WR room is filled, and adding Adams to the mix could do more harm than good. He'll likely have to continue his Super Bowl quest elsewhere if he comes up short again with the Rams next season.
That is, if he can keep running avoiding Father Time' clutches for that long.