Dropping a package that includes two first-round picks leaves no doubt that the Seattle Seahawks want Jamal Adams in the long run, but multiple sources told ESPN on Tuesday that the team was in no rush to sign safety. All-Pro at an extension. .
The Seahawks plan to wait until next year, the sources said, instead of making a massive financial commitment amid the current uncertainty over how much the NFL salary cap will drop over the next few seasons due to revenue cuts caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seahawks acquired Adams in a successful trade on Saturday, sending first-round picks in each of the next two draft, a 2021 third-round pick and safety Bradley McDougald to the New York Jets. Seattle secured a fourth-round pick in 2022 with Adams, who requested a trade last month after the Jets didn’t want to give him the contract extension he was looking for.
Adams understands the Seahawks’ stance on his contract, a source said, adding that the trade would not have happened if security had insisted on an immediate extension for Seattle. Adams has expressed his joy at joining the Seahawks in several social media posts, including an Instagram Live video in which he dances with a cigar in his hand.
“I’m so excited to be a Seattle Seahawk,” Adams shouts beaming into the camera. “I am happy.”
Sources told ESPN’s Rich Cimini that Adams is looking to top Chicago Bears’ Eddie Jackson ($ 14.6 million) as the NFL’s highest-paid security.
Adams has two years and $ 13.45 million left on the contract he signed as the sixth overall pick in 2017. He’s set to earn $ 3.59 million in 2020 – a roster bonus of $ 2.765 million on day five of training camp and $ 825,000 in base salary – and $ 9.86 million on his fifth-year option in 2021.
The Seahawks were burned by a big budget deal for a commercial addition that never downplayed the team. They gave Percy Harvin a six-year, $ 67 million extension when he acquired him in 2013, then traded him for a minimum return the following season after his volatility became untenable.
Another benefit to waiting for to extend Adams is that it gives the Seahawks more time to assess him as a person. It also avoids a potentially awkward locker room dynamic with key players who are eligible for extensions but haven’t secured them, such as cornerback Shaquill Griffin and running back Chris Carson.
Adams’ trade marked the fourth time since 2018 that a team has given up multiple first-round picks for a player, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. The other three such players were cornerback Jalen Ramsey, left tackle Laremy Tunsil and linebacker Khalil Mack. Before that, that hadn’t happened since Jay Cutler in 2009.
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