Seahawks hope new scheme will help Jamal Adams rediscover his production – Seattle Seahawks blog

RENTON, Wash. Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll is guiding their biggest defensive shift.

Clint Hurtt is their new coordinator. He was promoted before Seattle hired two high-ranking assistants. The new Carroll brain trust, which includes Hurtt, Sean Desai as associate head coach and Karl Scott as defensive passing game coordinator, is implementing a revised scheme. It hopes to fix some of the problems that caused the team’s past two seasons to be historically unsuccessful.

Consider safety Jamal Adams Fan

Adams stated that minicamp was “really exciting”. “We brought in coaches who are really eager to teach everyone. It’s a defense that i know. [Quandre] Diggs and me are excited to be part of this team. It’s aggressive enough to allow us to be interchangeable and to make a lot more plays on the backend.

Adams, a strong safety in Seattle who made the Pro Bowl during an unprecedented debut season in Seattle in 2020 and was disappointing in the 2021 follow up, is perhaps the most likely to reap the benefits of the new scheme.

In fact, Diggs and Adams might not be eligible for the strong- or free-safety designations.

The Seahawks will continue to use the same 3-4 look in the front seven as last season. They’ll be running more split-safety looks on the back. This is a hallmark of Vic Fangio, which Hurtt and Desai were taught as Fangio’s assistants. Chicago Bears. The idea is that opposing quarterbacks will not be able to tell who is doing what if Adams and Diggs align as high safeties prior to the snap.

On a bigger scale, the goal of multiple coverages using the same presnap alignment is to keep offenses guessing.

Diggs stated, “I believe it’s going to benefit both of us.” “I believe that men can’t automatically tag.” [Adams] And he says he is in the box. He’s blitzing, sliding his way. The different quarterbacks I played with have taught me a lot. They are always on the lookout for backside safety. With the backside safety showing something new or just sitting there, you don’t really know what we’re doing. You don’t know which checks we have. That’s why I think it’s going be great.

According to the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Adams had 9.5 sacks in 2020 which is the highest number of sacks by a defensive back since 1982 when sacks were officially standardized. Adams’s zero sacks last season was due to his inability to be pinpointed by opponents. The Seahawks reduced Adams’ blitzing because they were paying more attention to him. He averaged four yards per game in 2020, while playing 5.75 more snaps per match as Seattle’s defense struggled.

Some in the company think that Adams’s use as a blitzer might have allowed him to be more creative.

Scott, who in addition to his role as defensive passing game coordinator coaches defensive backs, stated that if he does this every time he is in this position, it makes it easier to tell your opponent, “OK, he is here, we are doing this.” “Whereas if they’re in this position now, he goes to the half, now he has blitzing and now he has curl-flat…now it’s the guessing game. You could imagine them taking the chalk back, and letting the chalk dictate to them.

Adams and Diggs can move freely before the snap to hide their defensive looks. This will make it more difficult for opposing quarterbacks.

Scott stated that knowing the details of offenses can help players disguise themselves and give them some control over what they’re hiding. “Because you’re trying disguise to fool them, and not yourself. It’s a bit like organized chaos.

Adams’ four-year extension worth $70 million signed last summer likely ties Adams to the Seahawks at least for the next two seasons. They would have more than $21million in dead money if they moved on from Adams before then. Adams is far from being at a crossroads here in Seattle. Adams must produce more than he did in 2020 to be able to justify the Seahawks’ investment of two first-round picks, and a record extension to keep Adams.

Adams can only benefit from the changes in Seattle’s plan if he stays healthy. This includes the two-time torn left shoulder labrum, which required surgery in each offseason. He and Diggs took part during minicamp in walk-throughs. Diggs is also recovering from surgery in which he dislocated his ankle and broke his fibula. Adams said that he is confident that he’ll be at his best by July 27. Diggs, however, stated that a full recovery will be possible by that time.

Adams had two more surgeries on his left hand this offseason. He also had surgery on his middle and ring fingers. Adams began dislocating his hands in 2020. He can’t bend them into fists anymore because they are fused at an extreme angle.

Adams stated that Adams suffered shoulder and finger injuries, and “played with one hand damn-near for the past two years.”

“It’s because I love the game,” he stated. “I’ve been going through this for two years. When I arrived here in my first year, I had dislocated my ring finger about 10 times. The other time, it was about… 12. I’ve been through that. It’s not much. Let’s all talk about it, however. It’s a good time, but they’re in trouble.”

New fingers, new shoulders, new coaches, and a new scheme

All that can unlock the Adams of old?