Davante Adams has heartbreaking reaction to playoff pain Packers fans know too well

In eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Davante Adams made four appearances in the NFC Championship Game, famously losing all four, as he and Aaron Rodgers simply couldn't get the Green & Gold over the hump when it mattered most.

On Sunday, exactly five years and one day since that fourth and final loss, Adams was back on the big stage to take a fifth shot at reaching the Super Bowl, this time as a member of the Los Angeles Rams. That shot was made possible, of course, by the Rams' Divisional Round win over the Chicago Bears, which naturally delighted Cheeseheads everywhere, seeing as how it was the Bears who knocked the Packers out of the postseason a week earlier in the Wild Card Round.

Facing the Seattle Seahawks, the very same franchise that handed him his first NFC title game loss as a rookie (every Packers fan remembers that overtime heartbreaker), Adams certainly did his part for the Rams on Sunday, catching four passes for 89 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown in the third quarter that ultimately pulled Los Angeles to within four at 24-20.

In the end, however, the Rams came up short, as the Seahawks took a 31-27 victory to set up a Super Bowl 60 date with the New England Patriots. And Adams was clearly distraught with the disappointing defeat.

Davante Adams was extremely emotional after losing his fifth NFC Championship Game

Adams met with the media at his locker after the loss, and the six-time Pro Bowler was visibly fighting back tears as he attempted to share his thoughts on missing out on the Super Bowl yet again.

"Heartbreak. It's tough. It's tough to talk honestly. I'm proud of the way the guys fought today," Adams said. "It's a tough moment we're in right now. I'll process the emotions of this. Obviously, I love this team. I love the fight we had all year. It just sucks to come up short."

"It was everything I wanted. Everything I hoped for," he said of his first season with the Rams. "After what I went through the past two years, it was something that was a long time coming to get back into a situation where you're playing meaningful games in January and potentially February. I had a ball this year. This is one of my favorite teams I've ever been a part of, and that adds to the pain."

Adams, who led the NFL with 14 touchdowns during the regular season, has one season remaining on the two-year, $44 million contract he signed with the Rams last March.

And the Packers will see him at some point, as the Rams are one of the eight teams Green Bay will play on the road during the 2026 season.