LOS ANGELES — Shortly after Davante Adams signed with the Rams , after he returned from a Japanese vacation during which Sean McVay recruited the free agent relentlessly with videos, text messages and phone calls, the All-Pro receiver and his new head coach went to dinner at Bird Streets, a West Hollywood lounge and supper club.

The meal was meant to celebrate their new union, one for which McVay had started planting the seeds years earlier during a chance meeting at the Kentucky Derby. But here they were, getting to know each other and, of course, talking football.

But sometimes, words just aren’t enough. And when the subject of line-of-scrimmage release – one of the skills that has elevated Adams through his 12-year career – came up, Adams stood up next to the table to illustrate h

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