[Pelissero] The #Seahawks are releasing three-time Pro Bowl safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, per sources. The moves save $27.5 million in cash and significant cap space for Seattle, which will look a lot different in the Mike Macdonald era.
March 5, 2024
[Pelissero] The #Seahawks are releasing three-time Pro Bowl safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, per sources. The moves save $27.5 million in cash and significant cap space for Seattle, which will look a lot different in the Mike Macdonald era.
Wow..going into the offseason without two starting safeties is wild.
I forgot about Love my fault 😭😭
Wow, I was not expecting them to make these moves today, is there any benefit to doing this now over doing it as a post June 1st release? Or are they just announcing this now and making it official then?
Disagree with the decision to cut Diggs
New defensive coach. Hardly a surprise. Now to see if Jamal retires or tries again somewhere else.
Jamal did horrible on our team. So glad he’s gone but I wish him all the luck where he lands. He just didn’t work on our defense and missed so much shit on the field.
So Seattle has what around 40 million in cap space with all the moves today? So resign Williams, possibly Brooks, either Fant or Coby? I’d wait until the 2025 free agency to make any splash moves. In the draft they’ll need a guard, linebacker, tight end, and now a safety.
Coby Bryant might be a little closer to ready. Honestly the dude seems to always be around the ball and I want to see what he can do with more snaps at safety.
Smart move. Better to maximize resources to more impact positions/ players.
geno stone!
Get ready to learn Canadian buddy
Diggs is surprising. I still think he’s a top free safety in the league. The rest of the defense being bad put him in bad tackling spots. He’s always been a poor open field tackler.
When it comes to cutting our losses with Adams, it’s better late than never. Sucks that he missed a lot of time with us due to injuries, but that doesn’t absolve him of his inability to land a proper tackle this season and his shitty online persona
Geno stone fa signing to come with his dc who says no?
I wonder who they’re targeting with this type of cap space available. O-Line help?
Thank god.
I am afraid to say but Tyler Lockett could be next.
I’m surprised to see both cut at the same time. Thought at least one would be kept.
Yikes
But I thought he was “the bess in the nAAATION”
I was hoping we could trade Diggs to get something for him, but this is fine. Let’s resign Leonard Williams and see who else we can afford. Any chance we can afford Brian Burnes?
Oh no not Jamal I thought he was the “best in the nation.”
Hot take: They should cut Adams pre June 1
The more we see these kinds of moves, the clearer it will become just how much power Pete Carroll had over personnel decisions. This is a no-brainer which should have been done last offseason.
If we go into the season with Julian Love as a pure starter we are screwed. He was the worst coverage safety Seattle has had in the Pete Carroll era it’s gross.
The bad men are finally gone!
Good to hear. They sucked it with the Hawks
Its happening!!!! All the bad contracts and deals finally getting off the books!
JS has probably been wanting to take a sledgehammer to the roster for awhile now but had been outranked by Pete sticking with his guys. He can say all he wants that it was a mutual decision making process, “leaders” from last few seasons abomination of a D already gone. LB will be interesting, can’t replace Bobby’s leadership or knowledge but he’s definitely a liability in the middle against top offenses. I think brooks has the skillset to thrive in the style Ravens run but does the FO feel he can be worth a good sized contract? Does Mike want queen and cool with paying a lot instead? Zero sadness about dissly, dude got paid top TE money for multiple years to get 1 pass a week.
I’m probably less down on Diggs than others here, he did the single high type FS role well, but the defense was soooo bad that I’m cool with Macdonald burning it to the ground.
Gotta resign Williams immediately with this cash.
This had to happen but leaves some serious *new* holes on defense. It might take a couple years for Macdonald’s defensive acumen to present itself given the serious roster problems they have.
Can only hope this is the start of watching some entertaining defense again. Very excited.
Bye, maybe next time you’ll put in actual effort and not tackle like middle school players.
“Yikes”
Love this. We were paying elite money to players who might have been elite at one time, but not now.
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[The #Seahawks are also releasing veteran TE Will Dissly, per source. Seattle saves $7 million in cash and salary cap space, while Dissly — who has 13 career TDs — hits the market at age 27.](https://x.com/tompelissero/status/1765089912368328720?s=46&t=GDOfsr1a3rZ0gfwIbdaq5A)
Wow..going into the offseason without two starting safeties is wild.
I forgot about Love my fault 😭😭
Wow, I was not expecting them to make these moves today, is there any benefit to doing this now over doing it as a post June 1st release? Or are they just announcing this now and making it official then?
Disagree with the decision to cut Diggs
New defensive coach. Hardly a surprise. Now to see if Jamal retires or tries again somewhere else.
Jamal did horrible on our team. So glad he’s gone but I wish him all the luck where he lands. He just didn’t work on our defense and missed so much shit on the field.
So Seattle has what around 40 million in cap space with all the moves today? So resign Williams, possibly Brooks, either Fant or Coby? I’d wait until the 2025 free agency to make any splash moves. In the draft they’ll need a guard, linebacker, tight end, and now a safety.
Coby Bryant might be a little closer to ready. Honestly the dude seems to always be around the ball and I want to see what he can do with more snaps at safety.
Smart move. Better to maximize resources to more impact positions/ players.
geno stone!
Get ready to learn Canadian buddy
Diggs is surprising. I still think he’s a top free safety in the league. The rest of the defense being bad put him in bad tackling spots. He’s always been a poor open field tackler.
When it comes to cutting our losses with Adams, it’s better late than never. Sucks that he missed a lot of time with us due to injuries, but that doesn’t absolve him of his inability to land a proper tackle this season and his shitty online persona
Geno stone fa signing to come with his dc who says no?
I wonder who they’re targeting with this type of cap space available. O-Line help?
Thank god.
I am afraid to say but Tyler Lockett could be next.
I’m surprised to see both cut at the same time. Thought at least one would be kept.
Yikes
But I thought he was “the bess in the nAAATION”
I was hoping we could trade Diggs to get something for him, but this is fine. Let’s resign Leonard Williams and see who else we can afford. Any chance we can afford Brian Burnes?
Oh no not Jamal I thought he was the “best in the nation.”
Hot take: They should cut Adams pre June 1
The more we see these kinds of moves, the clearer it will become just how much power Pete Carroll had over personnel decisions. This is a no-brainer which should have been done last offseason.
If we go into the season with Julian Love as a pure starter we are screwed. He was the worst coverage safety Seattle has had in the Pete Carroll era it’s gross.
The bad men are finally gone!
Good to hear. They sucked it with the Hawks
Its happening!!!! All the bad contracts and deals finally getting off the books!
JS has probably been wanting to take a sledgehammer to the roster for awhile now but had been outranked by Pete sticking with his guys. He can say all he wants that it was a mutual decision making process, “leaders” from last few seasons abomination of a D already gone. LB will be interesting, can’t replace Bobby’s leadership or knowledge but he’s definitely a liability in the middle against top offenses. I think brooks has the skillset to thrive in the style Ravens run but does the FO feel he can be worth a good sized contract? Does Mike want queen and cool with paying a lot instead? Zero sadness about dissly, dude got paid top TE money for multiple years to get 1 pass a week.
I’m probably less down on Diggs than others here, he did the single high type FS role well, but the defense was soooo bad that I’m cool with Macdonald burning it to the ground.
Gotta resign Williams immediately with this cash.
This had to happen but leaves some serious *new* holes on defense. It might take a couple years for Macdonald’s defensive acumen to present itself given the serious roster problems they have.
Can only hope this is the start of watching some entertaining defense again. Very excited.
Bye, maybe next time you’ll put in actual effort and not tackle like middle school players.
“Yikes”
Love this. We were paying elite money to players who might have been elite at one time, but not now.
Lockett next unless he restructures
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE ADAMS YOU BUM