sport news Seattle Seahawks release $11m-a-year safety Jamal Adams... three months after ... trends now
After a lackluster season for his team on the field - coupled with not-quite-tolerable conduct off the field - the Seattle Seahawks have cut ties with safety Jamal Adams.
Adams made $11m last year as part of a four-year, $70.58m contract that he signed back in 2021.
But now, the 28-year-old won't be suiting up for Seattle next season at a cost to the team of about $20.8m in dead cap space.
2024 was set to be the final season in a saga that wasn't as fruitful as the Seahawks hoped when they traded to acquire Adams from the New York Jets in 2020.
That deal saw Adams and a fourth-round pick head to Seattle in exchange for two first-round picks, a third-round pick, and safety Bradley McDougald.
The Seattle Seahawks have pulled the plug on safety Jamal Adams, officially cutting him
One of those two first-round picks turned into a star wide receiver for the Jets: Garrett Wilson. The other first-rounder was swapped with the Minnesota Vikings so New York could move up to get guard Alijah Vera-Tucker.
Adams' tenure in Seattle was defined by injuries and a lack of the production he saw in New York - with the one exception being his first season.
Even then - in a season where he was named a second-team All-Pro player and was given a Pro Bowl nod, he missed significant time due to injury.
In fact, Adams missed games each season due to different ailments he picked up in his time. For 2020, he injured his groin in Week 3 and didn't return until Week 9.
2021 saw Adams tear his labrum in Week 13 and also missed the rest of his season.
The worst of the injuries came in 2022 -
