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.

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