The Rams’ first big splash of free agency was the addition of Allen Robinson, a move that kind of came out of nowhere. They still had Robert Woods as their No. 2 at the time, and all eyes were on Odell Beckham Jr. potentially returning.
But the Rams swooped in and signed Robinson, who at the time was the top receiver on the market. Robinson has said that he picked the Rams because of the system Sean McVay runs and the culture they’ve built, but it probably helped that two of the team’s top players were pounding the table for him to come to Los Angeles.
Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp really wanted Robinson as a teammate, and Stafford saw what a great player he was for years when both were in the NFC North. Before the Rams signed Robinson, Stafford got on Zoom calls with him and pitched the idea of joining the defending champs.
