GREEN BAY, Wis. – There’s one thing teams haven’t tried yet to stop Davante Adams.
Before last Sunday night, there were two.
But even the San Francisco 49ers’ most vicious effort — a helmet-to-helmet hit by safety Jimmie Ward that knocked the wind out the Green Bay Packers wide receiver — took out Adams for only one play. Remarkably, Adams returned after missing just a snap even when it looked like Ward’s hit — intentional or not — might have inflicted some serious harm.
“I know one way, for sure, but I can’t share it,” Adams said when asked if there’s something opposing teams haven’t tried.
“Well, there’s two. They tried one in the game [last Sunday], but I resurrected. Then after that there’s one left, but I’m not putting that one out there.”
So much for figuring out how to stop and Adams.
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It turned out the season-opening, 38-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints wasn’t the beginning of the end for the Packers’ prolific quarterback-receiver combination but a reminder that opposing defensive coordinators have tried almost everything to take away quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ favorite target.
It worked for a week — if you call holding Adams to five catches for 56 yards working.
The last two games, however, have been as productive as ever.
If Adams goes over 100 yards in Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lambeau Field (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS), it will be his third straight 100-plus yard game for just the second time in his four-time Pro Bowl career. This after eight catches for 121 yards in the Week 2 win over the Lions and 12 for 132 in the last-second win at the 49ers.
All while teams have thrown more at Adams than anyone around here can remember.
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