Losing Jamal Adams to another injury tremendous setback for Seahawks – Seattle Seahawks Blog

RENTON, Wash. — Early in the second quarter of the Seattle Seahawks’ season-opening win Monday night, Jamal Adams shot through the line of scrimmage on an unobstructed path to Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson. With Adams clinging to his legs and about to drop him for a sack, Wilson rushed a dump-off throw that was batted down for an incompletion.

This is what 2022 was supposed to look like for the former All-Pro safety — the Seahawks’ new defense reigniting a finally-healthy Adams as the blitzing menace he used to be.

“I’m back in my element, man,” Adams said a few days before the opener while talking about how Seattle’s scheme changes would put him in position to make plays. “I feel like I’m back playing defense.”

But instead of foreshadowing Adams’ bounce-back season, the play likely ended it. After his near takedown of Wilson, Adams hobbled off the field and was later carted into the locker room with an injury to his left quadriceps tendon that is expected to sideline him for the rest of 2022.

It’s a big loss for a Seahawks team that is relying on its defense and run game, both of which need to be at full strength to cover up their limitations at quarterback. And it’s another devastating blow for Adams, who was rarely hurt early in his career but has now suffered a major injury in three straight years. After missing only two games over his first three seasons with the New York Jets, Adams — assuming he’s out the rest of 2022 — will have missed 25 of a possible 50 regular-season games in three years with Seattle.

“It means so much to him and the frustration of having to go through not being healthy…