Cheese Curds, 10/13: Davante Adams’ greatness just continues to grow

Best receiver in the NFL? There’s only one name who really has a claim to that title at this point.

Davante Adams continues to lead the way as the league’s best wideout, and he is only expanding on his massive season from a year ago. Adams currently leads the NFL in receptions and receiving yards, and his 115.8 yards per game are a jump of over 17 yards from 2020, when he led the NFL at 98.1.

Yes, Adams gets more targets than any other receiver in the game — his 61 are five higher than second-place Cooper Kupp. But impressively, Adams’ yards per catch and yards per target have increased, even as his targets and receptions are increasing as well.

Sunday’s game against the Bengals saw Adams set a new career-high in receiving yardage, as he crossed the 200-yard mark for the first time. It’s been a blast to watch him blossom over the past few years, and he’s currently on pace to break Calvin Johnson’s single-season receiving yardage record of 1,964 (albeit with one extra game in the 2021 season).

So let’s enjoy the ride and keep having fun watching 17 light up secondaries all across the NFL.

What You Might’ve Missed: On Davante Adams’ monster day | Packers.com
Adams' footwork, the Packers' scheme, and Aaron Rodgers' ball placement were all contributing factors to Davante's career-high 206 receiving yards on Sunday in Cincinnati.

Davante Adams has proved he is a tier above everybody else in the NFL | Packer Report
Adams now leads the NFL in receptions and receiving yards, and he's well within striking distance of third place all-time in franchise history in yardage.

Packers’ highest-graded players at PFF through first 5 games of 2021 | Packers Wire
It's no surprise that Adams is the highest-graded player on the team, but De'Vondre Campbell is nipping at his heels.

NFL MVP watch 2021 | ESPN.com
No, Adams and Rodgers aren't leading the board for now, but there's plenty of time to change that.

The coaching search that changed Nebraska: An empty jet, mystery NFL coach and 41 eye-opening days – The Athletic (subscription)
This is a crazy story about how the Cornhuskers, having fired their coach after a 9-3 season in 2003, zeroed in on then-Packers coach Mike Sherman as their preferred replacement. Despite being the head coach and GM in Green Bay, Sherman was evidently somewhat interested. But after starting 6-6, the Packers won four in a row to win the NFC North, then beat the Seahawks in the playoffs and Sherman went nowhere.

NFL locker room sandwiches lead to a debate over the perfect PB&J ratio : NPR
The lightning delay on Sunday Night Football led to this debate. For my part, I'm a 50/50 guy, but the more important factor is cutting the sandwich into triangles, not rectangles.