The Davante Adams Red Flag Nobody Is Talking About
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Aug 20, 2026
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Thu, August 20, 2026
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Davante AdamsGeorge Pickens
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Davante Adams
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Ian Hartitz highlights significant age-related concerns for Davante Adams, noting he will be 34 by the end of the season; historically, only Larry Fitzgerald has achieved top-12 fantasy production at that age in the last decade. Additionally, Hartitz warns of touchdown regression, pointing out that Adams led the league with 28 end zone targets last season, 10 more than the next closest player, George Pickens.
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Ian Hartitz notes that George Pickens recorded 18 end zone targets last season, which was the second-highest total in the NFL behind Davante Adams.
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Episode Transcript
0:00Let's talk about Davante Adams. He's
0:01going to be 34 by the end of this season
0:04and since 2016, the last 10 years, we've
0:07only seen one wide receiver who turned
0:0934 by the end of the year return top 12
0:12fantasy production. Guess. Think about
0:14it for a second.
0:17Larry Fitzgerald. The only guys to do it
0:20at 33 plus years old, also 2016 Larry
0:22Fitzgerald, 2017, 2019 Julian Edelman,
0:25and 2025 Davante Adams. The bigger issue
0:28potentially for Davante Adams, and I
0:30hate to be the boy who cries touchdown
0:32regression, but we're at least going to
0:33talk about it, okay? Last season,
0:35Davante Adams had 28 end zone targets.
0:39>> [music]
0:39>> The next closest receiver, George
0:40Pickens, had 18.
0:4310 additional end zone targets than any
0:45other freaking wide receiver in the
0:47National Football League.
