10-07-2025
Davante Adams says hardest hits came at hands of two Patriots players
Los Angeles Rams six-time Pro Bowl receiver Davante Adams admitted he's been hit more times than he'd like in his career. However, there is no mistaking that two of the hardest hits he has taken both came at the hands of a New England Patriots linebacker.
According to Adams, the first hit was on a crosser in his rookie season against Patriots legendary defender Dont'a Hightower. The other was another slant play in his second year, but it ended up being the most devastating hit of all by former All-Pro linebacker Jamie Collins.
Adams got hit so hard on the play that he couldn't eat regular food for over a week.
"It was either Dont'a Hightower, my first year, I caught a slant, a high one, and brought it in, and he hit me and knocked the wind out of me," Adams said on The Dan Patrick Show. "And then I would say after that, probably my second year in preseason. We were playing the Patriots, and I ran another slant and thought I was getting busy. This was before I would wear a mouthpiece.
"Caught it and I was getting ready to turn up, and Jamie Collins hit me, like in your chest and raised up, so it made me bite through my tongue. I couldn't eat food for like a week and a half. I was on a strictly liquid diet."
The Patriots have been known historically for fielding big, powerful linebackers who set the tone for the rest of the defense. Hightower and Collins, in particular, were two of the most physical linebackers in franchise history.
Adams had to learn that the hard way in back-to-back seasons.
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