The Seattle Seahawks will be in the market for a pair of new starting safeties for the 2024 NFL season and beyond. In a cost-cutting move on Tuesday, the team announced that they will be releasing both Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, each of whom spent the last four seasons playing and starting for Seattle.
Seahawks Cut Both Safeties, Save $27.5 Million For 2024
Breaking: The Seattle Seahawks are releasing Pro Bowl safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, per @TomPelissero.
These moves save $27.5M in cash and significant cap space for Seattle. pic.twitter.com/6Hb8TuOnPi
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) March 5, 2024
The transactions will be helpful in getting the Seahawks where they want to be as far as the salary cap is concerned. They weren’t in any kind of financial trouble, as they ranked in the middle of the pack in terms of available money to spend, but they now have well over $30 million to spend when free agency begins in a couple of weeks. And that number will likely grow with more cuts and restructures.
Adams never worked out the way that Seattle had hoped. They sent two first round picks among other assets to the New York Jets in exchange for his services back in 2020, but the player never regained his All-Pro form, and ended up playing in just 35 of a possible 67 games during his four years. The Seahawks will still be on the hook for $10.4 million in dead money, but will save well over $16 million for the 2024 season and $17.5 million for 2025.
Seattle Will Look To Get Younger At The Position
BREAKING: Seahawks have informed Jamal Adams, Quandre Diggs, and Will Dissly they will be released, per @Schultz_Report and @TomPelissero
Seahawks are saving $34.5M with these cuts pic.twitter.com/nC0NyXqp3A
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) March 5, 2024
Diggs was a Pro Bowler in for three straight seasons from 2020-2022, but his production waned in 2023 despite playing in 97% of the defensive snaps for the year. His release is likely more of a move made…
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Author : Anthony R. Cardenas
Publish date : 2024-03-05 20:01:51
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