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Jets Trade Jamal Adams to Seahawks for Multiple 1st Round Picks

At the end of the day Jamal Adams got exactly what he wanted, and the Jets got exactly what they needed: peace.

The Jets traded the disgruntled Pro Bowl safety to the Seattle Seahawks for two first round picks, a third rounder and safety Bradley McDougald while sending Adams and a fourth rounder to Seattle. The first round picks the Jets recieve will cover the 2021 and 2022 drafts, meaning New York will have two first rounders in each of the next two years -- a huge luxury to a franchise that still has plenty of holes to fill.

The Jets are big winners here. They get ride of a player who didn't want to be here. 

Adams spent a better part of the last year ripping apart the franchise because General Manager Joe Douglas fielded calls about Adams last fall -- calls that Douglas listened to and declined. He did his job. Adams meanwhile pouted and shouted his way out of town.

He demanded a contract extension or trade in the spring as the NFL and everyone else struggled with COVID-19. Joe Douglas told the press that he wanted Adams to stay long term, but an extension couldn't be done right away. Adams meanwhile claimed he was promised a deal. In short a divorce was always pending.

Then this week happened. Adams blasted owner Woody Johnson after word came down through CNN that Johnson, who is also the Ambassador to the United Kingdom, allegedly spoke of people in racist and sexist terms while on the job. Adams took to Twitter stating in so many words that the Jets needed a new "leader."


Then a day later, a story by New York Daily News writer Manish Mehta quotes Adams as ripping Adam Gase for being disconnected from the team, and that Douglas is an inexperienced General Manager. Apparently that was enough for the Jets who decided to make a deal happen with Seattle.

It had been rumored for weeks that either the Seahawks or 49ers were hot for Adams in a deal. While Adams goes to a great situation in Seattle -- a team that is a perennial playoff team. It is unknown whether Seattle will extend Adams, who has two years left on his deal at $14 million, but the guess is they will.

The Jets now have to turn the picks they get for him into big time players. They also need McDougald who is a good player to step up as a solid piece and leader. At the same time the club gets a big distraction out of the building just days before training camp begins. That is a huge plus for a team coming off a drama-filled 2019 season and 2020 off-season.


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