The Seahawks are “truly done” negotiating with Jamal Adams, according to a league source who spoke with PFT. After their latest offer, the Seahawks are fully prepared to let Adams play out his option year. 
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After that, the Seahawks can franchise tag him twice to keep him under club control through 2023. (Technically, they could franchise tag him three times, but the rate for the 2024 season would be a cap killer.) As it stands, Adams is slated to make $9.86MM in 2021 — an absolute steal for a safety of his caliber. We won’t know the 2022 franchise tag numbers until next spring, but it’d likely cost the Seahawks under $14MM to cuff Adams for next year. Beyond that, they’d be looking at a 20% increase — somewhere in the $16MM neighborhood — for 2023. Those figures would be costly, but still favorable for the Seahawks.
The Seahawks have reportedly offered Adams a four-year, $70MM deal with $38MM guaranteed. That’d keep Bobby Wagner as Seattle’s highest-paid defender while making Adams the NFL’s highest-paid safety by a healthy margin — about $2MM/year over Landon Collins. Adams’ camp countered with $40MM guaranteed and bonus money to be paid out in the deal’s first three years, rather than across all four.
The gap between the two sides is slimmer than its ever been, but the Seahawks say they won’t budge any furhter.
Seems like posturing to me.
That being said, if either side truly torpedoes this deal over two million then they both deserve the ensuing chaos and drama.
It’ll get done. This info from PFF was out last week in regards to structure.
It’s really not as simple as two million dollars.
Since the Seahawks are really offering a 2 year contract (because that’s all that’s guaranteed), Adam’s camp is asking for bonus money to be pulled into earlier years which would mean more guaranteed money early in year three that is more easily attainable.
I agree that there should be an a solution here, but both camps seem pretty dug in right now.
I think he wants the guaranteed money earlier because he just wants the money earlier. Guaranteed is guaranteed. Means he’s getting it one way or another. Regardless of getting cut.
He wants the couple mil more early so he can do what Xavien Howard just did and after three years claim he wants to negotiate because now he’s playing for no guaranteed money.
It’s a smart play by his camp but if the Hawks are smarter, they’ll find a way to give him more while guaranteeing that can’t happen. If he gets all the guaranteed money the first 3 years then he played them like fools.
Typical misleading headline by clickbate Zach. Hopefully Seattle has the backbone to actually stick to their latest offer. At some point you have to stop bidding against yourself. Their offer is beyond fair market value. The Jets knew this guy was trouble. Let him take the risk of playing on 1 year franchise tags if that’s what he wants.
Typical comment from some fool.
This guy is ridiculous, he’s not as good as he wants to be paid.
More like 70 million over 4 years and 38 million guaranteed? The 2 million is what separates him from the would be second highest paid player at that position. Either way its alot of money to be fighting over?
Its the attitude of today’s player, failure to honor contracts and too busy looking at others toys rather than thankful for their own! Personally I read the press for entertainment. I stopped watching a few years back. The Drama is better than the on field product. The NFL turned into reality TV just as most venues have. Name most sports today and you remember the crime, drugs, domestic violence arrests, racial unrest, social agendas long before who achieved what in a game?
I’ve said this before. The JETS….thats right JETS are laughing everytime one of these articles surface. Cancer is still cancer no matter what uniform you put on it. I suspect he could be working at a fast food chain and still be crying about what he should have coming to him?
“The drama is better than the on field product?”
That’s utter nonsense.
I mostly agree with your post, but “cancer” is a pretty overused word. As far as we know, Adams hasn’t been awful in the locker room, despite his stubbornness in dealing with the team.
Cancer? Great player. No idea in the locker room so I take your word for that. But as a player that refuses to foster a team atmosphere and mentor others for player growth, disputes money is in my thought a cancer. His body language in NY wasn’t what it should be. Just seemed like a negative to me?
I’m just saying that I think “cancer” is a bit hasty for us to say. In NY, Adams was a leader and was active in the locker room until he grew restless with the team. I do think that we agree that it’s hard to reconcile leadership with displeasure with the team (it’s hard to say that you’re there for the teammates if you’re discussing leaving the team), but I can’t say for sure at the end of the day how he is with his fellow players. I guess we’ll see how it goes in Seattle if he ends up signing.
Loser!!
Yes, yes yes! Good riddance.
Get rid of the greedy fool. He turns down the highest paid offer at his position and snivelin’ over a few beans?
He’s like a stinkin’ disease infecting the whole team.
Go stomp your feet and pout somewhere else. Get the hell out of here crybaby boy!
I think we all knew before the Seahawks traded for him he’d want max payday. This is all own the Seahawks tbh
Seahawks pretty dumb to give up what they did and then try to play hardball. Locker room could get pretty toxic if they don’t get a deal done here.
Seattle IS NOT playing hardball. They met all his demands then he moved the stick. Something will be done.
Ok, I apologize for all the mean things I said about the Jets regarding his negotiations.
I think this is the third apology I’ve seen in the forum this year…and I’m starting to get worried about you guys ☺.
Good thing they gave up those picks for him then.