Adams signs with the Titans

[D-train]

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sea ... _inset_1.1

[Sibelius Hindemith]

I heard someone in the FO there was friends with Adams' dad, they were on the same NFL team back in the day.

[57reasons]

yay, we can finally put to rest the re-signing nonsense. we can now finally consider the losses cut

[Sibelius Hindemith]

JS could have added another couple decent FAs with that $20 mil.

[Donn Beach]

So they're going to use him as a safety

[Sibelius Hindemith]

So they're going to use him as a safety

He's not likely to succeed if they don't play him at Weapon, his natural position.

[Donn Beach]

Supposedly, at least to this writer it was the plan from the beginning but Pete screwed it up. There's aspects to this I don't buy. The deal is now he'd be a situational player. He'd be in at linebacker more on passing downs

The front office reportedly had other ideas than Carroll when the team gave up a first-round pick as well as a third-round choice in 2021, a first-round pick in 2022, and safety Bradley McDougald. Seattle got Adams and a 2022 fourth-round choice back in return. Adams had been a First-Team All-Pro safety for the New York Jets in 2019, but general manager John Schneider and many in the front office wanted Adams to move to linebacker so he could be closer to the line of scrimmage.


But Schneider and the front office were ultimately powerless to have any control over where Carroll played Adams. The result of Carroll stubbornly sticking with Adams at safety affected the player - the injuries he did suffer, of which there were many, one could argue was the cause of him playing more in space as a safety than he would have had as a linebacker - and the defense overall.

Seattle was never going to be able to fully overcome the deficiencies that Adams had in coverage but because he had to play coverage he was limited in attacking the line of scrimmage either against the run or the pass. In other words, Adams ended up in no man's land many times while the defensive scheme did not get the maximum use out of the abilities he did have

[douche]

In other words, Adams ended up in no man's land many times while the defensive scheme did not get the maximum use out of the abilities he did have

This is what Michael has been saying all along. He was never utilized properly.

One could argue that many players acquired in high profile acquisitions weren't utilized properly... Harvin and Graham also come to mind.

[Donn Beach]

Except Adams was a first team all pro as a safety which is how he was utilized. Doesn't it seem a little odd to pay the price in draft capital and contact cost they did for Adams with the intention of changing his position?

[douche]

Yes. Although PC himself seemed to become more and more odd as time went along. So it probably wasn't odd to him.