{"id":119656,"date":"2021-08-17T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=119656"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:46:04","slug":"jamal-adams-signs-massive-contract-extension-with-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/08\/17\/jamal-adams-signs-massive-contract-extension-with-seattle-seahawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Adams Signs Massive Contract Extension With Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Seattle Seahawks and safety <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AdamJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Adams<\/a>\u00a0have agreed to a four-year, $70 million extension, per reports from ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter and NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. Jamal Adams\u2019 contract extension, which includes $38 million in guaranteed money, makes him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Seahawks<\/a> have agreed to terms on a large extension for star S Jamal Adams, a 4-year, $70M deal that makes him the league\u2019s highest paid safety, I\u2019m told. He gets $38M guaranteed, breaking the stalemate. A long time coming and well-deserved. \ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1427691952737329152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jamal Adams Signs Contract Extension With Seattle Seahawks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just last year, the Seahawks traded two first-round picks to the New York Jets for the now 25-year-old safety. The Seahawks traded for Adams knowing they would have to make him the highest paid safety in the NFL. With this extension, Adams will be locked in with the Seahawks through the 2025 season baring any injuries or unlikely trade scenario.<\/p>\n<p>The former LSU Tiger was drafted by the Jets in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. After just four seasons in the NFL, Adams is widely considered to be the best safety in the league. He has been selected to the Pro Bowl the last three seasons, and made First-Team All-Pro in the 2019 season. Adams has missed only six games in his four-year NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Broncos safety\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SimmJu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Simmons<\/a> was previously the highest-paid safety in the NFL, averaging $13.7 million per year on a $61 million deal. With this new extension, Adams is now the highest-paid safety in the league as his deal averages $17.5 million per season with $38 million in guarantees. Based on average per year salary, Jamal Adams\u2019 contract extension ranks him first among all active safeties in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Viewed as a box safety, or strong safety to those less versed in NFL terminology, Adams is far and away considered the best at the position in the league. His sack numbers have been climbing exponentially season to season. Just last year, he recorded nine and a half sacks in 12 games. That tied Adams for 11<sup>th<\/sup> best in league, something that is unheard for the safety position. Now with this new extension locked on, Adams can focus on helping a Seahawks defense recreate an elite defense that has not been seen in Seattle since the fall of the Legion of Boom.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"d27JH6FHQj9iMXxW6lmJpA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1293394501\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'d27JH6FHQj9iMXxW6lmJpA',sig:'G73KLSWUmR9Pcz0CebSuXY9Z7MN6qkktFYhGZytrutw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1293394501',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Adams has signed a massive contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks that makes him the highest paid safety in the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3003,"featured_media":119660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,32],"tags":[1275,246,7282],"class_list":["post-119656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-seahawks","tag-jamal-adams","tag-nfl-news","tag-seattle-seahawks-news"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}