As it turns out, the recruitment of Davante Adams started before this decade with a run-in between the All-Pro receiver and Rams head coach Sean McVay at the 2019 Kentucky Derby. Adams, then a member of the Green Bay Packers spoke to McVay briefly as McVay used that moment in his pitch to Adams.

Most every NFL move is made with the intention of acquiring, not selling, talent. Sometimes, of course, trades are made in the name of the future more than the present. But a lot of the big-money signings that kicked off 2025 free agency,

The All-Pro wide receiver, a free agent for the first time, was impressed with the coach’s passion and aggressiveness in luring him to Los Angeles