Jamal Adams wants to be the NFL’s highest-paid safety. Should the Seahawks pay that much?

[GREENBEAN]

On 8/8/2021 at 7:25 PM, varjet said:

they can get 4 years out of him-year 4, 5, F1 and F2.  They should do that. 

Exactly.  5th yr option is in stone without an extension. And he will be fined if he doesn't show up with no recoup of the money lost.  he will grumble and whine but he will have to show up unless he just forfeits the year's salary.  Then next yr they can franchise him again and again like you said. 

they have him over a barrel really.  It will be interesting to see where this goes. 

[GREENBEAN]

On 8/9/2021 at 2:28 PM, Warfish said:

That's a thin excuse for a 2-years gone player to be topping our topic-list on the eve of the first week of Pre-Season under a new Coach and a new Franchise QB, along with a dozen new key players.

Folks are obviously free to talk about what they want, same as I am free to lament the deep rooted Ex-Jet Obsession Syndrome (tm) that seemingly runs rampant in our collective fanbase.

I think for this issue to really apply you would have to compare this one thread with all of the combined threads on the jets topics.  One subject is consolidated to one place. The others are smeared all over 20+ other threads.  

Does that help the embarrassment a lil bit?  I hope it does. I'd like to think I added some sort of value to someone's day today. ?

[ZachEY]

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Exasperated Seahawks plan to let Jamal Adams finish rookie deal, tag him twice if need be

Posted by Mike Florio on August 15, 2021, 10:12 PM EDT

The Seahawks are at the end of their rope in the Jamal Adams negotiations.

More than a week after making reportedly a final offer to the fifth-year safety and with no plans to budge, a league source tells PFT that the team is truly done negotiating with Adams. They believe they’re made a fair and appropriate offer, and that if he doesn’t want to accept it, he can play out his option year and get franchise-tagged twice, for 2022 and 2023.

 

The Seahawks also are learning that which the Jets concluded before trading him last year — he’s not easily manageable. Or, as the case may be, not manageable at all.

Seattle believes it treats players properly,  that it pays them the appropriate amounts. They’ve reached the point where they’ve decided to let it play out one year at a time with Adams, more than confident that when push comes to shove he will show up and play.

Those familiar with Adams from his time with the Jets aren’t surprised. The Jets traded him in part because they believed they couldn’t reason with him. And by giving up a pair of first-round picks in trade for him without signing him to a new deal, the Seahawks were inheriting a potential if not inevitable impasse.

As recently noted, Adams will make $9.86 million this year under the fifth-year option. The franchise tag for safeties is projected to be $13.5 million in 2022. That then becomes a franchise tag in 2023 of $16.26 million. The Seahawks are presently content to pay him one year at a time, with the understanding that, after three years, he’ll become an unrestricted free agent. (They could still apply the transition tag in 2024, at a 20-percent raise over his 2023 salary. That would preserve their right to match any offer sheet he signs with a new team. A third franchise tag would become far too expensive, since it spikes to basically the quarterback tag.)

This doesn’t mean the Seahawks can’t or won’t change their minds. For now, however, they’re content to move forward. At some point, they’ll need to communicate to Adams, who has been out of team drills with the team’s consent, that the time has come to start practicing and otherwise preparing for Week One, against the Colts.

It’s possible that Adams will simply decide to accept the long-term financial security the Seahawks are offering. A major injury in 2021, for example, would cap his guaranteed earnings at $9.86 million. However, Adams is as stubborn as he is talented. There’s no reason to think he’ll blink. Although the Seahawks seem to think he’ll cooperate with the one-year-at-a-time approach, it remains to be seen how he reacts once it becomes clear that, if he doesn’t take their last, best offer, there won’t be a long-term deal.

 

wait what no way

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, TeddEY said:

wait what no way

Yes.  This makes me oh so happy.  

[Charlie Brown]

Ummm and then there is this.....

Piggyback on Teddy above^^^^^^^

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/08/15/exasperated-seahawks-plan-to-let-jamal-adams-finish-rookie-deal-tag-him-twice-if-need-be/

More than a week after making reportedly a final offer to the fifth-year safety and with no plans to budge, a league source tells PFT that the team is truly done negotiating with Adams. They believe they’ve made a fair and appropriate offer, and that if he doesn’t want to accept it, he can play out his option year and get franchise-tagged twice, for 2022 and 2023.

 

Hmmmmmmmm...

[Warfish]

And now he IS the highest paid Safety.

[Albaniajet]

That’s like $37 million per career INT

[Albaniajet]

On 8/10/2021 at 4:47 PM, flgreen said:

Pete Carroll refuses to answer question about Jamal Adams contract saga

Former NY Jets safety Jamal Adams continues to remain off of the practice field in hopes of signing a new deal, and Pete Carroll doesn't want to say much about it.

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 Ian Roddy

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 08/09/2021

Jamal Adams, Seattle Seahawks, NY Jets, Getty Images

Jamal Adams takes his contract drama to Seattle

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Training camp is well underway for all 32 NFL teams and Jamal Adams is noticeably absent as he holds out for a new contract.

Adams has been conducting what some have described as a “hold-in” at Seattle Seahawks training camp; he is present at practices, but not participating in them, merely watching from the side.

On Sunday, head coach Pete Carroll was asked whether there’s a point at which he’ll become concerned over the amount of time Adams has missed as the contract tensions linger.

 

 

“Why would I tell you that?” Carroll responded.

That answer says more than enough about the spot Seattle is in with Adams. They have no leverage and may ultimately have no choice but to give him what he wants.

While still a member of the Jets last season, it was reported that Adams wants upwards of $20 million per season.

Is Adams worth that? Most would argue that he is not. But the real question becomes whether the Seahawks have a choice. They gave up all of their leverage when they traded two first-round picks and more for him.

The biggest selling point that Adams is likely drilling home is the record-breaking season he just had as a pass rusher. Adams broke the record for sacks by a safety with 9.5 in 2020, doing so despite missing four games.

This is, of course, a valid argument in Adams’ favor, but Adams was also quite disappointing from a coverage standpoint. He posted a coverage grade of 53.1 at PFF, ranking 55th out of 64 qualified safeties. That was a huge step back from his coverage with the Jets. His coverage grade of 87.5 in 2019 ranked seventh-best at his position.

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Having the capability to post 9.5 sacks in 12 games makes Adams’ deficiencies in coverage more acceptable, but when he is asking for upwards of $20 million, that isn’t really the case anymore.

Adams, a former franchise cornerstone for the New York Jets, has been public enemy number one for fans in the tri-state area ever since he famously forced his way out of green and white over a year ago, citing a desire for a new contract as his sole reason.

It didn’t take clairvoyance from Jets fans to know that come August 2021, the Seahawks would likely be struggling with an Adams holdout of their own – and here we are.

Joe Douglas and the Jets must feel great about the fact that rather than a disgruntled Adams on the roster, they have a promising young guard on a brand new rookie contract in Alijah Vera-Tucker and an extra first-round pick in next year’s draft.

You can take Carroll out of the jets but you can’t take the jets out of Pete Carroll