The 32-year-old Adams signed a two-year, $44 million contract with the Rams in NFL free agency, giving Los Angeles a new weapon downfield as a replacement for wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who's now with the Seattle Seahawks. The excitement for Adams' arrival in Inglewood got more intense when he showed off his Rams No. 17 jersey.

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.