The Los Angeles Rams had a big splash before the period of falsification of the legal free agent begins in the NFL on Monday, signing Davante Adams to the release of the New York Jets to a two -year contract.
The signature met positive speculation before the 2025 season, in particular with the quarterrière Matthew Stafford locked himself up and satisfied with his own contractual situation.
But a big question has remained: who will carry the n ° 17?
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The receiver of Los Angeles Rams, Puka Nacua, reacts after the game Buffalo Bills, on December 8, 2024, in Inglewood, California. The Rams won, 44-42. (AP photo / Eric Thayer)
This number belonged to the budding star receiver Puka Nacua in the last two seasons, and he has certainly made this popular number among the base of fans. Nacua quickly became the favorite target of Stafford, but Adams is his senior, and he closes any speculation about who will carry the number.
The Rams have announced that Nacua would wear n ° 12 in the future, which he wore in high school and byu during his college days.
Davante Adams signs a 2 -year agreement with RAMs after the jets released
In turn, Adams will continue to wear n ° 17, which he did since the Green Bay packers took him to the second round of the 2014 NFL draft.
Adams has been exchanged twice since 2022, first going to the Raiders of Las Vegas, followed by his move to the jets during the last regular season. He also wore n ° 17 with each of these teams.
Nacua announced the move on Instagram, saying that he “continued the inheritance Nacua!”
“The n ° 12 represents me not only on the football field, but all my brothers and the sacrifices that my family has made in front of me to be able to wear this jersey at the moment. I know that when I put on this # 12, it is an armor that represents my family and that I always protect myself.
“For all 17, I appreciate your support and I have things in preparation to show you all love!”
The wide receiver of the New York Davante Adams Jets warms before a match against the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Everbank stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn images)
Nacua also spoke to the official website of the number of number, saying that n ° 12 looked like a “armor” when it was on the ground.
“Whenever I looked in the stands, I knew that I could find one of the members of my family, whether it was one of my brothers or my mother with each possible game. I know that when I put this number 12, it is also an armor that represents my family that always protects me.”
The Rams hope that Nacua’s production does not change with his number, because he was fantastic since the team took him to the fifth round of the 2023 recovery.
Nacua reset the recruit receiving records at the time with 1,486 yards out of 105 receptions with six affected in 17 games, winning his first pro Bowl in her career.
Puka Nacua and Davante Adams (Imagn)
Then, despite the injuries holding him the second year (11 games played), Nacua was always able to catch 79 passes for 990 yards with three affected.
Meanwhile, Adams had 1,063 yards combined between the raiders and the jets in 14 games, also transporting 85 receptions with eight affected.
