After suffering yet another unfortunate injury Seahawks’ strong safety is headed for season-ending surgery. On Monday night Adams was carted off the field in the second quarter after blitzing Russell Wilson limping off the field after the play and headed straight into the blue medical tent for evaluation. Adams suffered a quadricep tendon head coach Pete Carroll revealed in his weekly media press conference on Wednesday.
“It’s a quadricep tendon. It’s something that I don’t know much about yet. He’s getting all of the information he can right now to make sure that he knows what’s next from our guys and other people as well. We have the time to do it, so he’s going to take the time to do it right and get his mind really clear on what is the next step.”
WORST FEARS
On Thursday afternoon the Seahawks and Adam’s worst fears were realized when sources revealed that the decision to place Adams had been made.
The Seahawks are expected to sign defensive back Teez Tabor from the Atlanta Falcons practice squad. In 2021 Tabor started one game and played in six with the Chicago Bears and had eight ( six solo) tackles. During Wednesday’s press conference Carroll pointed out that Josh Jones would be given the first opportunity to replace Adams with Ryan Neal also in the mix.
“I’ve been really pleased with Josh Jones. Josh has done nothing but positive stuff since the day he got here. Since then, he’s taken the next step and then the next step. Coming into this camp, he came back and had a great camp. He had the most turnovers and he had the most big plays and big hits of all of the guys. You saw him in the rotations already, he was already part of the plan. Now, he just takes a bigger step forward. He’s strong, he’s fast, he’s 220 pounds, he’s a big kid that plays the position with a really big motor, and he is a smart kid. The fact that we got him, stuff didn’t work out quite right in his first couple of years.
When we got him way back in the Cardinals game when he was going to start for the first time, we sat down the night before the game, and we mapped out this future because he looked like he should be a part of what we are doing. He hadn’t had much success up until then, and I don’t think he really believed what I was telling him because I was selling him that he was going to be a big part of what was going on. He was hesitant to accept that, then he made a big decision this offseason to go for it, and we have seen great results. He’s having a blast, so we are really happy to have him. Ryan Neal is going to play more, and he will be part of what we are doing.”
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
For Adams, the injury is no doubt frustrating and presents another challenge for him to recover from an injury. The Seahawks acquired Adams in a blockbuster deal with the Jets for two first-round draft picks in 2020. Unfortunately for Adams that is when the injury curse began. When he was with the Jets Adams had missed just three games. In Seattle, Adams missed four games in 2020 due to a hand injury and missed five games in 2021 due to a torn labrum that required surgery.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Adams signed a four-year contract extension that runs through 2025 in August of 2021 that can pay him up to $72 million overall. If Adam’s luck changes he could receive all of the money. It’s doubtful, however. According to OverthCap.com Adams gets $2.56 million of his $11 million base salary for 2023 if he is on the roster as of Feb 4, 2023. The other issue with Adam’s contract will be the cap hits the Seahawks are obligated to incur, $9.1 million in 2022, $18.1 million in 2023, $23.6 million in 2024, and $24.6 million in 2025.
