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