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Brady HendersonESPN
SEATTLE – According to coach Pete Carroll, the Seahawks will not know until game day whether they will have Jamal Adams for the All-Pro strength for Saturday’s game card game with the Los Angeles Rams.
Adams injured his left shoulder on Sunday in the fourth quarter of Seattle’s final season against the San Francisco 49ers. He briefly returned and completed the game along the sideline. Carroll said after the game that the initial word from Seahawks’ medical staff was that Adams would be able to play at the weekend, but it looks like he will withhold initial initial optimism on Tuesday.
“He’s going to work through the week to see what he can do and see if he’s ready,” Carroll said Tuesday just before the Seahawks’ first practice of the week. “We’ll have to wait until game day to find out.”
Adams, who was acquired in an instant trade with the New York Jets last summer, led the Seahawks in the regular season with 9.5 bags, an NFL record for a defensive back. This was despite the fact that he missed four games with a groin injury. He returned in week 9, and then a week later to his right shoulder which he went through, in addition to two broken fingers on his left hand.
After the Seahawks clinched a post-season berth in Week 15, Adams screamed excitedly during his post-match video conference about the first time in his career after the playoffs. He lit a victory cigar on camera after the Seahawks beat the Rams for the NFC West title a week later.
“He has not been to the playoffs yet and he wants to participate in it and all that, so it crushed him so much,” Carroll told 710 ESPN Seattle on Monday when he spoke about Adams’ latest shoulder injury. “He’s very emotional and everything, and he’s going to deal with it. We’ll see what happens (Monday) and the next few days, see how he feels and everything. But he got hurt, and he dealt with it. take off his helmet and do it all along the sidelines because he wanted to fight with his guys. So we’ll see what happens. I can not tell you now. I do not know. ‘
An All-Pro in 2019, Adams was recently named his third straight Pro Bowl.
Ryan Neal took over with a strong safety when Adams was injured in Week 3 against the Dallas Cowboys, and achieved the victory of Seattle with an interception from Dak Prescott in the final zone. The unknown 2018 free agent started the next four games and had another interception.
“We have a lot of confidence in Ryan because of the way he played,” Carroll said. ‘… He showed us he plays really hard, he’s tough, he’s a playmaker, he’s very aggressive in his style of play. … so he will be ready to go if we need him and we will play him. ‘
Carroll also said defensive tackle Jarran Reed feels ‘much better’ than he was on Sunday after the game after straining his oblique tension. Carroll calls it a reason for optimism.
“We’re going to be really careful with him during the week and see how he goes day by day,” Carroll said.
In addition, Carroll expects the return of Carlos Hyde to return this week after missing the 49ers game with an illness unrelated to COVID. And Darrell Taylor, the newcomer’s defensive end, practiced for the first time Tuesday; The Seahawks’ second round was on the non-soccer list all season due to a butt injury.