After many contract disputes and arguments with the team, Jamal Adams finally got a trade confirmed, as he is set to go to the Seattle Seahawks. The New York Jets sent Adams and the team’s fourth-round pick in 2022, and will receive first-round draft picks in 2021 and 2022, along with a third-round pick in 2021 and safety Bradley McDougald.
The move came one month after Adams requested a trade, but in recent days things got more heated between the 24 year old safety and the Jets organization. He used social media to criticize the team, and attacked coach Adam Gase and owner Woody Johnson in interviews and on Twitter.
Adams was the Jets best defensive player the past few seasons, as he proved to be a team leader and made 2 Pro Bowls. In his first three years in the league, he has the most sacks (12) of any defensive back in that time period, and is tied for second in forced fumbles with 6.
Adams says he wants to pass the Bears’ Eddie Jackson ($14.6 million per year), as the league’s highest paid safety. Whether Seattle wants to give him an extension worth that much is yet to be determined, but there is no doubt that he will be a big upgrade to the 2019 Seahawks’ defense, one of Seattle’s worst defenses in the Pete Caroll era.
