Maryland Gov. Wes Moore makes recruiting pitch to Davante Adams

Maryland Governor Wes Moore is very public in supporting his favorite football team, the Baltimore Ravens.

The 45-year-old Takoma Park, MD native, who played wide receiver at John Hopkins University, spent a day at Ravens training camp this summer. So Moore could not help but join in the fun on social media when Davante Adams intentionally caused a stir with the Instagram posting he made on Friday.

In case you missed it, the Oakland Raiders wide receiver, amidst heavy speculation that he could be traded to the Baltimore Ravens, posted a photo of legendary poet Edgar Allen Poe, who lived in Baltimore and is now buried there, on his Instagram page,

His immortal poem “The Raven” inspired the team’s name (as well as the very first Simpsons Halloween special “Treehouse of Horror”), while Poe is the name of the team’s mascot.

Moore made it clear that he hopes Adams will be wearing purple and black soon, as he referenced the opening lines of “The Raven” in his posting on Twitter/X:

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over Davante and his career, we know how he would win rings here.”

There is only one thing that we can say to that:

“Tis Davante Adams ” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—

Only this and nothing more.”