Davante Adams’ Journey From East Palo Alto To NFL Superstardom
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
For many people, the best wide receiver in the NFL is Green Bay Packers star Davante Adams. But the former Fresno State standout's rise to superstardom from the gritty streets of his hometown in East Palo Alto was anything but easy. Today, The Athletic's Matt Schneidman joins us to talk about the special relationship that helped Adams stay on the right path growing up and how he overcame a difficult start to his pro career to become one of the most unstoppable wideouts in football.
Read Matt Schneidman's story about Davante Adams: https://theathletic.com/2966335/2021/11/23/davante-adams-journey-from-sleeping-on-couch-to-top-of-nfl-had-its-bumps/
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| 0:46.0 | The Green Bay Packers are at the top of the NFC once again. And a big reason why is the play of superstar wide-out Devante Adams. |
| 1:02.0 | Third down, Roger's Throws going for the deep shot and delivers a strike to Devante Adams. |
| 1:10.0 | But Adams journey to the top had plenty of twists and turns along the way. Today, the Athletics match nightman tells us how Adams went from sleeping on a couch through high school to NFL Super Start-Up |
| 1:23.0 | and why a brutal start to his NFL career almost derailed it all. |
| 1:27.0 | He made it out of the mud and he's palo alto. So, you know, surviving that, I don't think that's too drastic of a way to put it, |
| 1:34.0 | prepared him to make it through that adversity in the NFL. |
| 1:37.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Wednesday, December 1st, and this is the lead. |
| 1:45.0 | Well, Matt Schneidman, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:51.0 | Appreciate you have me, you know, it feels like I might be the most recurring guest on this show just because the Packers are in the news every single week, |
| 1:58.0 | but I'm happy to be back on. Thanks for having me. |
| 2:01.0 | Yeah, thanks for being here. I was going to say, you know, it feels like almost every time we've had you on the show, it's to talk about Aaron Rogers. |
| 2:07.0 | Right. |
| 2:08.0 | So, does it feel strange to be on here talking about the best wide receiver instead? |
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