Through four games of 2026, the Rams turned Adams into the vertical X. Nacua looks like the intermediate chain-mover. Kyren Williams has drawn the checkdown-heavy role, and he led the team in targets in Week 4.

What to watch

• Whether Nacua's target depth climbs back toward his 2025 level as he reabsorbs more of the route tree, or settles into a shallower, more intermediate-only role.
• Whether Adams continues to see a markedly deeper average target than he did in New York or during his first half-season in Los Angeles.
• Whether Kyren Williams' target share in Week 4 reflects a designed, sustainable role or a one-game, injury- and game-script-driven outlier — a question that cannot be answered responsibly until the in-game injury log for every pass-catcher in that game is checked, not just the pre-game report.

This piece will be worth finishing once the target/aDOT splits, the Adams stint comparison, the Week 4 box score, and the team EPA figures can all be re-queried and confirmed in the same sitting, alongside a clean answer on exactly which Rams pass-catchers were and were not fully healthy through four weeks.