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A few hours after their season-ending defeat in the NFC championship game last January, the Rams boarded a plane for their flight home from Seattle.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Matthew Stafford was seated a row in front of veteran receiver Davante Adams, who once again had fallen just short of finally reaching the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s turning around, he\u2019s looking at me, like, \u2018I\u2019m sorry, man, I wanted that for you so bad,\u2019\u201d Adams recalled. \u201cNot for him, but he wanted it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adams, 33, is expected to get another shot at playing on the NFL\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n
The star-studded Rams are favored to not only play in but win Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n
How the star defensive end is adjusting to his surroundings with the Rams and the high expectations placed on him.<\/p>\n
Since the Green Bay Packers selected him out of Fresno State in the second round of the 2014 draft, Adams has played in and lost five NFC championship games, including last season\u2019s 31-27 defeat by the eventual Super Bowl-champion Seahawks.<\/p>\n
Adams was visibly upset in the locker room \u2014 \u201ca mess\u201d he said \u2014 so he is aiming for a happier result if the Rams reach the conference championship game for the fourth time under coach Sean McVay.<\/p>\n
Last season, his first with the Rams, Adams led the NFL with 14 touchdowns catches.<\/p>\n
And that was after the three-time All-Pro got no training-camp reps with Stafford, who sat out because of a back issue.<\/p>\n
Stafford, an 18th-year pro, and Adams struggled to consistently connect on the field through the first six games. But that changed when the Rams traveled to London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n
McVay described what happened at Wembley Stadium as \u201ca turning point\u201d for Stafford and Adams.<\/p>\n
In the 35-7 rout, Adams caught three touchdown passes, all from two yards or closer.<\/p>\n