Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams is expected to miss the rest of the NFL season after an injury to his quadriceps tendon in the team’s opener, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The Seahawks placed Adams in the injured reserve on Thursday and signed defending defender Teez Tabor of the Atlanta Falcons’ training squad to take his place on their 53-man roster.
Adams and the Seahawks believed the three-time Pro Bowl roster was heading for a recovery campaign after a disappointing 2021 season that saw him go bagless in 12 games. But any chance of that ended in the second quarter of Seattle’s 17-16 win over the Denver Broncos on Monday night, when Adams was ejected after being injured while crushing former teammate Russell Wilson.
Coach Pete Carroll called it a “serious” injury after the game and said on his weekly radio show on Seattle Sports 710 AM Tuesday morning that Adams “should work on that,” though he stopped declaring that Adams’ season was over.
NFL Network first reported on Thursday that Adams will face a season ending.
Adams limped off the field in obvious pain, heavily favoring his left leg, after applying pressure and delivering a punch to Wilson that helped force a third-down incomplete. After being examined in the medical tent, he was helped onto an injury cart. Adams was visibly upset and at one point appeared to burst into frustration as he was herded into the locker room.
Carroll has said the injury is to Adams’ quadriceps tendon, which attaches the quad muscle to the top of the kneecap.
“The fact that he’s such a heartthrob in football, he loves to play and he just can’t deal with it right now about ‘how could this keep happening?'” Carroll said on his radio show. “It was good that he had his mom and dad in the locker room during the game when he was there to help him through it and everything, but it was really hard. So I hope everyone gives him love.” “
Adams had three tackles and defended a pass before his injury. Josh Jones replaced him for the rest of the match. Seattle also has Ryan Neal as a safety option. Neal made four starts in 2020, while Adams was sidelined with a groin injury. The 26-year-old Tabor played safety with the Chicago Bears last season under defensive coordinator Sean Desai, who is now on the Seattle defensive staff.
Adams missed just two games in his first three seasons with the New York Jets, but then missed nine games in his first two seasons with the Seahawks — four in 2020 and the last five last season after suffering another torn shoulder labrum that required surgery. was needed. Adams missed training camp early this summer after breaking the middle finger of his left hand again, another injury he has had in the past. He had finger surgeries in each of the past two outdoor seasons.
Adams and the Seahawks hoped that Seattle’s new defense—with its emphasis on split safety looks—would put him in position for a backlash. During his stellar debut season in Seattle in 2020, Adams set the NFL record for sacked by a defensive back with 9.5, earning him his third Pro Bowl nod in a row. But then came his 2021 zero-sack season, which ended after 12 games when he recovered his shoulder labrum.
Speaking last week for the first time since his last finger injury, Adams said Seattle’s new defense “puts him in position to make plays”.
“I’m back in my element, man,” he said. “I feel like I’m defending again.”
The Seahawks acquired Adams from the Jets in 2020 for a package that includes first-round selections in 2021 and 2022. They signed him last summer to a four-year, $70 million extension, making him the highest-paid security in the world at the time. NFL was.
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