Rams wide receiver Davante Adams left in the fourth quarter with what the team called a back injury. They listed him as questionable return, though he didn’t.
Coach Sean McVay said afterward that Adams actually has an oblique injury.
McVay added he didn’t have an update but thinks the six-time Pro Bowler could have returned if the game had been in doubt.
It’s the second consecutive week McVay has corrected an in-game announcement.
Wide receiver Puka Nacua was reported with a chest injury in last week’s game that McVay referred to as a rib injury.
Adams has a league-leading nine touchdown receptions after making another in the 42-26 win over the 49ers.
Matthew Stafford threw his 400th career touchdown pass, and the Rams blew out the 49ers 42-26 on Sunday.
The Rams quarterback was 24-of-36 for 280 yards and four touchdowns. He has 20 touchdowns and no interceptions in the past five games and a league-leading 25 touchdowns for the season.
He threw touchdown passes of 22 yards to Puka Nacua, 4 yards to Davis Allen, 2 yards to Davante Adams and 16 yards to Colby Parkinson. Stafford now has 402 career passing touchdowns, joining Tom Brady (649), Drew Brees (571), Peyton Manning (539), Aaron Rodgers (517), Brett Favre (508), Philip Rivers (421), Dan Marino (420) and Ben Roethlisberger (418) in the 400 club.
Adams caught six passes for 77 yards and a touchdown, and Nacua had five receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Kyren Williams ran for 73 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries.
The Rams led 21-0 early in the second quarter, and every time the 49ers made a run to get within one score, Los Angeles answered.
The Rams had 401 yards.
The 49ers, who beat the Rams 26-23 in overtime on Oct. 2, had 393 yards but committed two turnovers and once turned it over on downs. Mac Jones was 33-of-39 for 319 yards with three touchdowns and an interception, with George Kittle catching nine for 84 yards and a touchdown and Jauan Jennings six for 71 yards and a touchdown.
The Rams are 7-2, with four consecutive wins since their loss to the San Francisco, while the 49ers fell to 6-4.
Rams receiver Davante Adams scored his ninth touchdown of the season, the most he has had since 2022.
But Adams left early with a back injury.
In the fourth quarter, Adams pushed off and immediately pulled up and grabbed his back. He left the field for treatment.
The Rams list him as questionable to return, but considering the game is not in doubt, it would seem unlikely Adams returns.
He has six catches for 77 yards.
Adams entered Sunday’s game with 36 receptions for 491 yards and a league-leading eight touchdowns.
The 49ers are back in it.
San Francisco, which trailed 21-0 early in the second quarter, has cut its deficit to 21-14 with 9:33 remaining in the third quarter.
The 49ers scored a touchdown with 3:15 left in the first half on Jauan Jennings’ 6-yard touchdown reception. They opened the second half with a 10-play, 65-yard touchdown drive.
San Francisco, which had 31 rushing yards in the first half, had 28 on its first drive of the second half. Brian Robinson had five carries for 24 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown run on the possession.
Mac Jones is 19-of-23 for 188 yards and a touchdown.
The Rams dominated the first half, taking a 21-7 lead into the locker room at halftime.
But they provided the 49ers with hope, gaining only 33 yards on 10 plays on their final two possessions and punting twice. The 49ers got within two touchdowns on a seven-play, 36-yard drive that ended with Jauan Jennings’ 6-yard touchdown catch.
The Rams outgained the 49ers 231 to 182.
They had touchdown drives of 64, 86 and 59 yards, with Kyren Williams scoring on a 2-yard run, Puka Nacua on a 22-yard reception and Davis Allen on a 4-yard catch. Allen’s touchdown, which was Matthew Stafford’s 400th career touchdown pass, followed Jennings’ fumble.
Stafford was 14-of-23 for 173 yards and two touchdowns, with Davante Adams catching five passes for 75 yards and Nacua three for 47. Williams rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown on nine carries.
Mac Jones, making his eighth start of the season in place of Brock Purdy, completed 15 of 19 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown, with Jennings catching six for 71 yards and a touchdown. George Kittle had five receptions for 56 yards.
