LA Rams' Player Holds All-Time Fantasy Football Record

The Los Angeles Rams experienced a disappointing fantasy football performance in the 2024 NFL season, primarily due to a significant decline in their passing game led by quarterback Matthew Stafford. Key injuries to star wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua prevented Head Coach Sean McVay from establishing an effective aerial attack, despite running back Kyren Williams having another strong year.

Looking to improve for the 2025 season, the Rams have made a major change to their wide receiver corps, replacing Cooper Kupp with former Green Bay Packers star Davante Adams. While Adams is older than Kupp, the Rams are banking on his greater durability throughout his career to provide Stafford with a consistent red-zone target. There is optimism that Adams could be more productive for the Rams than Kupp was in his final two seasons with the team.

However, the article emphasizes that Cooper Kupp earned his place among the Rams' all-time greats, particularly during his historic 2021 season. That year, Kupp achieved the NFL's receiving triple crown (leading the league in catches, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns) and recorded the second-most catches (145) and receiving yards (1,947) in a single season, along with 16 touchdowns.

This incredible 2021 performance also resulted in the greatest fantasy football season ever by a wide receiver in full-PPR scoring. Kupp's stat line generated 439.5 fantasy points over 17 weeks. This total is significantly higher than the second-place season (CeeDee Lamb's 403.2 points in 2023), with the gap between Kupp and Lamb (over 36 points) being equivalent to the gap between Lamb and Justin Jefferson's 12th-place season in 2022 (368.7 points). The Rams hope to field a better offense in 2025 but acknowledge it will be difficult to recapture the unique success they achieved with Kupp in 2021.