The Seattle Seahawks made an offer to Jamal Adams; no further discussions with Duane Brown

RENTON, Wash .– The Seattle Seahawks have made another contract offer to strong Pro Bowl safety Jamal Adams and are waiting to see if he accepts it, a source told ESPN.

Meanwhile, Adams’s organization and agent have not spoken to each other for several days, a source confirmed.

Adams is vying for an overtime that would arguably make him the highest-paid security in the NFL, surpassing the Denver Broncos ‘Justin Simmons’ $ 15.25 million per year average. The Seahawks and Adams agent began negotiating early in the offseason and continued to do so until the start of training camp until their recent period of inaction.

Adams and left tackle Duane Brown both showed up to camp on time but did not practice due to their unresolved contract situations, with each remaining a spectator on Tuesday for Seattle’s 10th practice.

While it’s clear the Seahawks are planning to extend Adams, 25, it’s not clear whether they want to do the same with Brown, a 14th-year veteran who turns 36 later this month. The Seahawks are not discussing a new deal with Brown at this time, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

Coach Pete Carroll was vague on Tuesday when asked whether or not an overtime for Brown was under discussion, saying, “Nothing new is happening with this at this point.”

Carroll simply answered “no” when asked if there was anything new with Adams.

The Seattle Times first reported on Tuesday that Seahawks general manager John Schneider and Adams’ agent had not resumed negotiations this week and the team was not currently in talks with Brown. The Times also reported that quarterback Russell Wilson told the team he was willing to move money in his contract to free up margin for the Adams and Brown extensions, a source said. confirmed.

However, the Seahawks have long been wary of contract restructurings that push cap fees back into the coming years, only doing so twice – including with Wilson in 2017 – since the arrival of Schneider and Carroll in 2010. One further restructuring of Wilson would make him more expensive to extend. or a franchise tag when his current contract expires after the 2023 season. That would add to the already massive amount of dead money Seattle would incur if he traded it before then.

Wilson on Sunday called Brown’s absence “quite significant” and added: “We have to understand this because we need Duane Brown.”

Brown’s absence and injuries to three of his replacements – Cedric Ogbuehi, Jamarco Jones and Tommy Champion – pushed sixth-round rookie pick Stone Forsythe to act on the left tackle. Carroll said on Tuesday that Ogbuehi will likely miss a few more weeks with bicep strain.

In June, Carroll expressed the organization’s hope that a deal would be made with Adams, even if it wasn’t until training camp began. He said after the camp’s first practice that he hoped Adams’ overtime would be over “very soon”.

But without a deal at the moment, Adams is still not training. He appeared engaged and in good spirits as he watched from the sideline, offering instruction to young defensive backs, dancing, celebrating big plays in the Seattle defense and waiving fans.

Adams is represented by Agent Kevin Conner, who negotiated cornerback Tre’Davious White’s four-year, $ 69 million extension with the Buffalo Bills last year. This deal was only concluded a week before the opening of the season.

Simmons became the league’s highest-paid security guard when the Broncos awarded him a four-year, $ 61 million contract in March that included $ 35 million in guarantees.

For now, Adams is set to earn $ 9.86 million this season, the final year of the rookie contract the Seahawks inherited when they acquired him from the New York Jets last summer for a pick set. comprising two first-round players.