LOS ANGELES — They stood in a circle in a warehouse converted into a gym, surrounded by exercise equipment and standing on matted floors. It was a space that Cooper Kupp had turned into his dojo during his time with the Rams, through which many teammates had passed through for offseason training.

On this particular day, more than Kupp’s usual workout crew were there. The regulars, Puka Nacua and Jordan Whittington, flanked him while quarterback Matthew Stafford and former Rams offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth completed the circle, all there to say farewell to Kupp before he moved to Seattle to start his tenure with the Seahawks after being released after eight years with the Rams .

“It was a sad day,” Whittington recalled. “That’s somebody that’s a really good friend of mine, that’

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