Adams, also a trade acquisition, joined the Seahawks in 2020 and earned Pro-Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors that year after setting a record for defensive backs with 9.5 sacks, but injuries derailed that year. His impact has been limited, with Adams appearing in just 22 games over the past three seasons, including 10 over the past two years after tearing his quadriceps tendon in the 2022 season opener.
The Seahawks still have Julian Love safe, he signed a multi-year deal last offseason, and Love is coming off a Pro-Bowl campaign in 2023, but now they will have a new starter at the other safety spot. .
Disley, a 2018 fourth-round pick out of the University of Washington, struggled with significant injuries in his first two seasons, rupturing his patellar tendon as a rookie and tearing his Achilles in his sophomore season, leading Seattle’s offense. Became the mainstay. After playing only 10 games in the first two seasons, Disley appeared in at least 15 games in each of the last four seasons, starting 55 of 62 games from 2020–2023. In his six seasons with the Seahawks, Disley recorded 127 catches for 1,421 yards and 13 touchdowns, while also playing a large role in the running game.
By releasing Disley, the Seahawks could have an entirely new tight end group in 2024, as Noah Fant and Colby Parkinson are both set to become free agents next week if the league re-signs them before the start of the year. is not done.
The timing of these decisions is consistent with what general manager and president of football operations John Schneider stated at the NFL Scouting Combine last week, which was that this will be the week the team begins making roster decisions, which will be led by a new coaching staff. By Mike MacDonald, has finally been implemented.
“We’re really done hiring people, so you think about all of us sitting in a room together, all of us trying to get to know each other, ‘What’s important to you? ‘What’s important to all these different people?'” Schneider said last week. “So Mike and I, when we got together, we had a vision of where we wanted to take this thing, but you also have to understand the nuances of the positions, and understand what’s important to those people. “To get buy-in from employees.”
Asked specifically about making a salary-cap move, Schneider acknowledged that it could still happen, and that was indeed the case on Tuesday.
“You’re constantly evaluating it,” Schneider said. “That’s one of the things we’ll figure out, ‘Okay if we’re interested in so-and-so player, how do we create space to acquire that player? If we trade with another team for a player, are doing, how will we make space?’ Right now, this time of year, it’s like big chess pieces that we’re trying to work on. I don’t have specifics for you guys, but I know we’re getting there.”
