The Los Angeles Rams provided a geographical benefit within the Davante Adams sweepstakes, however that did not cease Sean McVay from placing on a singular recruiting pitch to land him.
McVay despatched Adams a number of highlights of the star receiver previous to him signing a deal to affix the Rams, however with a twist: the top coach added narration over the performs, based on FOX Sports activities NFL insider Jay Glazer.
“I’ve by no means heard this one earlier than. Davante Adams, he is abroad, I feel in Japan, on trip. Sean McVay begins sending him narrated clips of Davante Adams,” Glazer stated on the latest episode of the “NFL on FOX Podcast.”
“He is saying issues, like sure issues, principally there is a sure play the place he is displaying him this and Sean’s calling it out, ‘Why are they doing this?’ Then, abruptly, the DB journeys and falls over and Davante breaks one off. Sean’s narrating and is principally like, ‘Take a look at what number of instances we are able to do that if we’re on the Rams.'”
McVay continued to attraction Adams by a number of clips, with every narration getting “funnier and funnier,” Glazer stated.
“There was one other play the place I feel [Adams] catches a landing to cap off a 99-yard drive,” Glazer stated. “However Sean says to him, ‘However how chilly was it on the market? Positive, it is a landing. You recognize the place it isn’t chilly? Los Angeles. It is not chilly.'”
When Adams was launched as a member of the Rams earlier in March, he stated that McVay had despatched him clips of his personal highlights throughout the free-agent course of.
“It was type of Jon Gruden-esque slightly bit,” Adams told reporters. “And you know the way he’s with ball, so he is breaking down each single clip. The primary one was like seven minutes, after which he despatched one other one which was like most likely one other two minutes the place he is simply going by every part.
“I assumed he took that job to be on TV for a minute after I was watching it, however, yeah, it simply reveals how a lot ball means to him, how a lot of a precedence I used to be for him.”
Whereas Glazer did not say when these particular performs had been, there is a good probability the second he talked about occurred throughout his time with the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Adams known as Lambeau Subject residence for the primary eight years of his profession. Regardless of enjoying in chilly Inexperienced Bay, Adams was one of many recreation’s best receivers in his final 4 years with the staff, averaging 108 receptions for 1,328 yards and 12 touchdowns per season over that stretch.
In fact, Adams had a future Corridor of Famer throwing to him over these years, catching passes from four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. However he’ll have one other potential future Corridor of Fame quarterback in Los Angeles, with the Rams opting to maintain Matthew Stafford after risking letting him go away this offseason.
Adams shared that the way in which Stafford helped Calvin Johnson set the report for many receiving yards in a single season left a optimistic impression on him.
“He does not make it any more durable than it must be on the market. He is easy. Courting again to when ‘Megatron’ broke the report, I feel he wanted like 180-something [yards] and he went and acquired him like 220-something [yards],” Adams stated. “Seeing that and simply figuring out that in that scenario, I do not suppose they had been headed anyplace close to the playoffs, however to play in that recreation, not take a look at within the final recreation of the yr, understand how a lot meaning to ‘Megatron’ and understand how a lot it means to him to be part of one thing like that, it simply says the kind of particular person that he’s.”
However as Adams waxed poetic about Stafford, Glazer additionally believes that McVay’s tapes and narration had been simply as pivotal in getting the broad receiver to signal a two-year, $46 million deal.
“When Sean will get smitten by someone, it is onerous to not get the identical enthusiasm again. Like, this dude is courting you, there is a good probability you are going to say, ‘OK, I am in. I need him as my promenade date.'”
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