Sean McVay is a certified football savant, and that was the difference for ex-Jets receiver Davante Adams. Adams somewhat surprisingly signed with the Los Angeles Rams in free agency after they decided to move on from longtime star wide receiver Cooper Kupp.

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

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.