The Seattle Seahawks launched safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs and tight finish Will Dissly on Tuesday, the workforce introduced.
Adams, a three-time Professional Bowl choice, was set to make a nonguaranteed $16.5 million in 2024 and rely $26.9 million towards the wage cap — untenable quantities for a participant who has been unable to remain on the sphere or get to the quarterback since his stellar Seattle debut in 2020.
Adams’ launch wipes the $16.5 million off the Seahawks’ books in addition to the $17.5 million (additionally nonguaranteed) he was scheduled to make in 2025, the ultimate 12 months of his contract.
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The Seahawks usually are not utilizing a post-June 1 designation with Adams’ launch, a supply informed ESPN. Meaning they may save $6.1 million towards the 2024 cap, in accordance with Over The Cap, whereas absorbing all of his $20.83 million in lifeless cash immediately.
By releasing Diggs, the Seahawks release $11 million in cap area and tackle $10.26 million in lifeless cash, per OTC, whereas Dissly’s launch clears $7 million and creates $3.1 million in lifeless cash.
Between three straight injury-shortened seasons, zero sacks in that span and the unwieldy price ticket, it appeared as if Adams’ days in Seattle have been numbered.
The Seahawks parted with two first-round picks to accumulate Adams from the New York Jets in 2020 — one of many largest swings of the John Schneider/Pete Carroll period — after which made him the NFL’s highest-paid security a 12 months later with a four-year, $70 million extension.
Adams made his third straight Professional Bowl throughout his debut season with the Seahawks whereas setting a document for defensive backs with 9.5 sacks, however Adams hasn’t recorded a single sack since then.
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Diggs was acquired in a 2019 commerce with the Detroit Lions. He was chosen to 3 straight Professional Bowls (2020-22) with the Seahawks and had 18 interceptions in his time with the workforce, although he turned 31 in January and was set to rely for $21.3 million towards the cap within the closing 12 months of his contract.
He posted a career-best 95 tackles final season and had 324 in 72 video games with the Seahawks.
Dissly, Seattle’s 2018 fourth-round draft decide, had 127 catches for 1,421 yards and 13 touchdowns in six seasons with the workforce. His launch was additionally thought of probably on condition that he was set to rely for $10.1 million towards the cap within the closing 12 months of his deal after catching solely 17 passes final season.
After lacking solely two video games in his first three seasons with the Jets, Adams could not keep wholesome in Seattle. He missed 4 video games in 2020 with a groin pressure and wanted surgical procedures the next offseason to restore a torn left shoulder labrum in addition to two damaged fingers on his left hand.
That was the beginning of a run of accidents that Adams was unable to shake. He missed the ultimate 5 video games of 2021 after retearing his labrum, which required a second shoulder surgical procedure the next offseason. He had one other process to fuse the 2 fingers he had dislocated once more.
Within the first half of the 2022 opener, Adams tore the quadriceps tendon above his left knee, a devastating damage that sidelined him via the primary three video games of 2023 and slowed him all season till the Seahawks shut him down in December. Upon his return from the quad damage, Adams mentioned he was in such a darkish place that he briefly thought of retirement.
Adams’ first recreation again from the quad damage in Week 4 of final season was lower quick by a first-quarter concussion, which led to an outburst by the protection towards the unaffiliated neurotrauma marketing consultant who had examined him on the sideline. Adams apologized for that incident and wasn’t fined, although the NFL docked him $50,000 after one other run-in with a UNC two weeks later.
His 2023 season was additional marred by controversy when he disparaged an NFL reporter’s spouse on X in December. After Adams allowed the go-ahead landing in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the reporter — who had beforehand lined Adams in his Jets days — posted a clip of the play together with the caption, “Yikes.” Adams then discovered an image of the reporter and his spouse, posted it and included the identical caption, “Yikes.”
That response drew a light-weight admonishment from Carroll and no apology from Adams, who doubled down on his reasoning behind the publish. On the sphere final season, Adams appeared in 9 video games, recording seven tackles for loss and two QB hits.
Over 4 years in Seattle, Adams missed 33 of a potential 67 regular-season video games. He recorded 9.5 sacks (all in 2020), 19 quarterback hits, 22 tackles for loss, 11 passes defended and a couple of interceptions.