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During the offseason, Rams coach Sean McVay said that receiver Davante Adams’ name came up when the Philadelphia Eagles were shopping for trade partners for receiver AJ Brown.

Adams said at the start of training camp — months after the Eagles traded Brown to the New England Patriots — that he understood that was part of the business.

The Rams are happy that Adams remains in the fold.

Heading into Sunday’s game against the Eagles, the 13th-year pro has amassed a career-best 358 receiving yards through three games.

“Fine wine gets better with time,” offensive coordinator Nate Scheelhaase said.

Adams, 33, is coming off two consecutive 100-yard receiving performances.

With receiver Puka Nacua sidelined because of a hip injury, Adams caught eight passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-6 victory over the New York Giants, and he had seven receptions for 137 yards in a 30-26 defeat by the Denver Broncos.

“I don’t necessarily need a 100-yard game to validate what I can do on the field,” said Adams, who is in his second season with the Rams. “Coming to a team like this where you have playmakers literally at every single position, it’s not necessary.

“If it is necessary and I’m called on, then I’ll go and answer the bell on that. Whatever my game or my role looks like for whatever the situation is, I try to live up to that.”

Adams is tied for the league lead with nine catches of 15 yards or more.

Asked if he was conscious that after catching passes in space at 33, he might not get to a faraway end zone as quickly as he did in his 20s, Adams had a good-natured response.

Adams said he has never been looked at in the same way as “a burner” such as Tyreek Hill. But he makes the most of speed and experience.

“When I see an open field, I’m running, obviously, as hard as I can to get to the end zone and try to score any time that I can,” he said. “Angles and certain things obviously influence whether or not you can get in. I don’t have a whole lot of 91-yard touchdowns in my career so I don’t know if I would have got in as a 24 or 23-year-old.

“When I see that space, I’m always pushing to get there. I’m running as hard as I can without pulling any ‘hammies’ [hamstrings] or doing anything crazy out there.”

Nacua, the NFL receptions leader last season, will return to the lineup against the Eagles. Nacua and other Rams receivers continue to be awed by Adams after his back-to-back 100-yard performances.

“It’s funny because with him being the veteran in our group and quote-unquote ‘the old guy,’ it’s been really exciting for him,” Nacua said. “There’s a breath of fresh air that I think we bring to him, but also that standard where he’s as competitive as it comes.”

Key injuries

Rams: DL Aaron Donald (back) out; CB Jaylen Watson (shoulder) out; TE Terrance Ferguson (ankle) out; TE Colby Parkinson (shoulder/knee) questionable; OLB Josaiah Stewart (groin) questionable.

Eagles: LB Zack Baun (concussion) out; WR Marquise Brown (ankle) out; TE Dallas Goedert (knee) out; OL (knee); WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) out; S Marcus Epps (groin) out.

How to watch and listen to Rams vs. Eagles

The Rams and Philadelphia Eagles will play Sunday at 10 a.m. PDT at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The game will be televised in California on Fox and will be available nationally via a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. In Southern California, fans can listen to the game on 710 AM, 93.1 FM and 1330 AM (Español).

Betting lines and odds for Rams vs. Eagles

Who will win Rams vs. Eagles?

The return of Nacua — and the odds against the Rams losing to the Eagles again on a last-second blocked field goal returned for a touchdown — will help McVay get his first win against Eagles coach Nick Sirianni.

Gary Klein’s pick: Rams 27, Eagles 20

His right arm is unquestionably superb, but does Justin Herbert have two left feet?

NFL linebacker-turned-anayst Tedy Bruschi pondered as much this week in breaking down why the relationship between the Chargers’ quarterback and offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel has yet to click.

“I want to know if Justin Herbert can dance,” the impassioned Bruschi said on ESPN. “Really, like dance on a dance floor. Does he have rhythm?”

Because, Bruschi said, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa seemed much more attuned to McDaniel’s offense when the two teamed up for the Miami Dolphins.

“When Tua ran this offense, he was dancing,” Bruschi continued. “All the fakes, all the rhythmic, on time, left-handed. I mean, you would watch Tua and it was like boom, boom, boom, boom, gone [throwing an imaginary football]. He was dancing back there in the pocket. It was smoke and mirrors. That, at its best, is what this system is.

“And you’ve got a cyborg back there [in Herbert], a quarterback who can do everything under the sun, and now he has to learn to dance? ‘No, man, I don’t dance. I play football.’ So there’s just a little bit of conflict going on.”

The Chargers are 0-3 and Herbert has yet to hit his stride heading into Sunday’s game at Seattle. He has three touchdowns, four interceptions and a ho-hum passer rating of 73.4 after never finishing a season with a rating lower than 93.2. Granted, it’s early and there’s plenty of time for him to course correct, and his receivers have had several key bobbles and drops. But the schedule doesn’t get any easier soon for the Chargers, whose next games are against Denver, Kansas City, the Rams, Houston and Baltimore.

In short, the Chargers had better learn to navigate that dance floor. The night is not so young anymore.

SHARON Stone has entered the conversation surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s controversial naked sports betting ad.

Sydney, 29, sparked backlash earlier this month for posing completely naked in a campaign promoting the sports betting app, Novig.

Multiple well-known female figures – including Olympic athletes – have criticized the Euphoria actress’s racy photos for the male-focused app, accusing her of sexualizing women’s sports.

Sharon weighed in on the discussion on Wednesday while speaking to People at Variety’s 2026 Power of Women event in Los Angeles.

When asked for her thoughts regarding the X-rated ad, the Basic Instinct star said that Sydney should “take responsibility” for the campaign.

“I think that it’s up to her to take responsibility for her actions, not up to me to judge her for her actions.

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“It is up to me to be a cheerleader for the women who have made it through and become champions in women’s sports,” Sharon told the outlet.

“We can’t denigrate women’s sports to get men’s attention so they can gamble,” she added.

The ad captures Sydney in various compromising positions, using sports equipment to block her private parts.

Some photos show The Housemaid star straddling a basketball hoop, with her bare crotch against the rim.

In others, the TV star posed in a locker room wearing nothing but shoulder pads or holding two footballs to cover her breasts.

Team GB star Amy Hunt slammed Sydney for painting a false picture of women’s sports during a post-race interview.

Australian Olympic water polo star Tilly Kearns shared a similar message on Instagram about her disapproval of the provocative ad.

Former Olympic runner Hannah Williams also made her feelings known on social media, arguing that female competitors already have to fight to be taken seriously.

The shocking photos came after Sydney received heat for her extremely racy scenes in the third season of Euphoria, which premiered in May, as her character, Cassie Howard, pursued a career as an OnlyFans model.

Many fans thought her sexy scenes “went too far,” especially when Cassie dressed as a baby and posed seductively in a diaper.

At the time, it had been only a few months since Sydney’s other controversial jeans campaign with American Eagle sparked widespread fury.

Critics were outraged when the Anyone But You star seemingly implied in the ad that white women with blue eyes and blonde hair were the epitome of “good genes.”

Sharon commented on the campaign and the backlash that ensued at Variety’s Power of Women event last October.

“It’s okay to use what mama gave you. It’s really fine,” Sharon, who co-starred with Sydney in several episodes of Euphoria’s third season, said of the scandal.

“It’s hard to be hot, and I think we all know that. It’s really okay to use every bit of hotness you have — right here, right now — and go for whatever that is, because everybody has their own certain kind of hotness, their own certain thing, and you’re supposed to go for that.”

She added, “Because who are you not to be beautiful? You know, who you are isn’t an accident.”