It’s time for Jamal Adams to leave the Seahawks.

The largest transaction in Seattle Seahawks history—for Jamal Adams—has not been beneficial to the team.

Macdonald was Michigan’s most “consequential” hire prior to the Seattle Seahawks.

The hard-hitting safety and a fourth-round pick were acquired by the Seahawks from the New York Jets prior to 2020 in exchange for two first-round picks, a third-round pick, and a starting safety.

Multi-time All-Pro Adams was a star in New York, but he couldn’t agree on a contract extension, so he and the Jets were on the verge of divorce. Adams joined the Seahawks after Seattle made a big offer of draft capital.

The couple’s new marriage got off to a good start as Adams established an NFL record for the most sacks by a defensive back in 2020 with 9.5, despite missing four games. As the NFL’s highest-paid safety, he was selected to the second team of the All-Pro game and ultimately signed a four-year contract worth over seventy million dollars with Seattle. Adams has, however, found it difficult to duplicate that kind of output in the subsequent three years, missing 29 out of a possible 51 games. In that time, he has just two takeaways and no sacks.

Adams still has two years left on his deal, but with a new head coach for Seattle in Mike Macdonald, the Seahawks could look to cut Adams. That would save them roughly $16.5 million against the 2024 salary cap, with $10.4 million in dead cap each of the next two seasons (per Spotrac) should he be released with a post-June 1 designation.

Should Seattle Seahawks move on from Jamal Adams?

During Wednesday’s Blue 88 segment on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk, which is where Mike Salk poses three football questions to former NFL quarterback Brock Huard (some of which Huard gives to Salk before the show), Salk asked Huard if he wanted him to read the first question word for word.

Seahawks general manager John Schneider talks with reporters on Tuesday at the NFL combine. When asked about Adams, Schneider responded, “Is he in the plans? ” (according to Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune). Indeed, as I say, we’ll see. We’ll continue to sort things out.We’re still attempting to resolve all of that.