Davante Adams Resumes Offseason Plans After Pausing Family Commitment to Sign with Rams

The Rams’ deal? A masterclass in cap gymnastics: $26M guaranteed, incentives sweet enough to make a candy bar blush. For LA, it’s a no-brainer. They’re swapping Cooper Kupp’s heroics for Davante Adams’s cheat-code hands—957 career catches, 103 TDs, and a résumé that reads like Madden fan fiction. Last season? Even with the Jets’ dumpster fire QB carousel, Adams still clocked 67 grabs, 854 yards, and 7 TDs in 11 games. Dude’s like a Nokia phone—indestructible.

“You have to appreciate the slow grind because success is not going to happen overnight.” Adams dropped this gem years ago, not knowing he’d one day live it—while feeding sushi to a monkey in Tokyo. Because let’s face it, when life hands you a two-year, $46M Rams deal after a Jets breakup, you celebrate with sake and simians.

Picture this: Adams, rocking a Rams jersey mid-Japan escapade, captions an Instagram post “The blue crazzzy”—a nod to LA’s electric vibes and his own WTF career pivot, a masterpiece with Tokyo Tower in the back. Three weeks after the Jets cut him (and Aaron Rodgers’s ghost), Davante’s sipping matcha, dodging jet lag, and texting Sean McVay more than his wife. “Talking to [McVay] more than I was talking to my wife,” he joked later. Priorities, right?

But let’s not forget the Jets’ side-eye. New GM Darren Mougey yeeted Rodgers’s relics, saving $29.9M in cap space. Adams’s $38.3M cap hit? Bye, Felicia. Yet, Davante ain’t sweating. He’s too busy rewatching his 198-yard Jets highlight reel against Jacksonville—a game where he went full “hold my Gatorade” in the second half. Classic Tae.

For the Rams, this isn’t just a signing—it’s a vibe shift. McVay, the offensive Picasso, now has a new muse. Remember when Adams said, “Every route is a canvas, and I paint masterpieces”? LA’s playbook just got a Louvre upgrade. And with a receiving corps hungry for rings, Adams slots in like the final puzzle piece—if the puzzle was designed by Einstein.

Adams Family, monkeys, and the art of the pivot

So, how’d Adams land in Rams’ blue mid-vacay? Let’s set the scene: Tokyo, December ‘24. Davante’s zenning out in a bamboo forest when—plot twist—a cheeky monkey photobombs his hike. Cue the Instagram reel: NFL star giggles, monkey side-eyes, caption “Negotiations got wild.” Because while fans swooned over the primate cameo, McVay was backstage, sliding into DMs like, ‘Bro, wanna win a Super Bowl?’

But here’s the kicker: Adams was technically on “family time.” Wife Devanne? Home prepping for baby No. 3. So, Davante did what any multitasking MVP would: He juggled sushi-summoning with contract talks. “Recruitment involved a lot of sushi and some sumo wrestling,” he smirked later. Priorities, phase two: secure the bag, then cuddle the newborns.

Family’s always been Davante’s anchor. He and Devanne—college sweethearts—are #CoupleGoals, mixing Disneyland trips with daddy-daughter dance-offs. But this off-season? Dad’s briefly off-duty, chasing rings instead of bedtime stories. “Dream big, work hard,” he’s said. Translation: “Sorry, kids, Daddy’s gotta go break DBs’ ankles.”

Yet, Adams’ Japan detour wasn’t just biz. It’s proof he’s mastered the NFL tightrope—balancing grind and grace. Think Ted Lasso’s “Believe!” sign meets The Office’s Michael Scott chaos: “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going…” Except Davante always sticks the landing.

Adams’s career is a highlight reel dipped in gold: 1,553-yard seasons in Green Bay, game-winning OT TDs in Vegas, and now, LA’s neon spotlight. For the Rams, he’s not just a WR—he’s a metaphor. The team’s rebuilding? Nah, they’re reloading, Tony Stark-style. And Adams? He’s the arc reactor.

So, when training camp kicks off, remember: behind every route, every catch, there’s a story. A monkey in Tokyo, a late-night McVay text, a wife laughing as her husband “works” in Japan. Davante Adams isn’t just chasing stats—he’s crafting legacy, one sushi bite at a time. “Success is earned through blood, sweat, and tears,” he’s said. And maybe a little wasabi.