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NFL2021
SEATTLE
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SEAHAWKS
COACH
Pete Carroll (12th season with team, 156-104-1)
LAST SEASON
12-4 (1st in NFC West; lost in wild card round)
Record since 2011: 105-54-1 (9-7 in playoffs)
2020 TEAM STATISTICAL LEAGUE RANKINGS
2020 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING OFFENSE
8th of 32 (28.7 ppg)
RUSHING
Chris Carson: 141 carries, 681 yards, 5 TDs, 56.8 ypg
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SCORING DEFENSE
15th of 32 (23.2 ppg)
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RUSHING OFFENSE
12th of 32 (123.2 ypg)
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PASSING OFFENSE
16th of 32 (246.3 ypg)
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PASSING
Russell Wilson: 384-558, 4,212 yards, 40 TDs, 13 ints, 295.3 ypg
SCORING
Jason Myers: 121 points (24 FGs, 49 PAT, 7.6 ppg)
Stats from pro-football-reference.com
Sealing the deal
How Seahawks finally got Jamal Adams signed:
It began with a Pete Carroll call to Mom
Gregg Bell
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
T
he day the Seahawks traded for Jamal
Adams, more than a year ago, Pete
Carroll picked up the phone.
Of course, he called the All-Pro safety. The
coach told Adams all about Seattle’s program
and how the do-it-all safety would thrive in
the defensive scheme upon arriving from the
New York Jets last summer.
But then Carroll made another call. To
Michelle Adams.
That call to Mom, July 25, 2020, was the
moment Jamal Adams knew he wanted to
be a Seahawk long term, beyond his contract
ending with this 2021 season.
That was the day Adams’ new contract
became a probability rather than possibility.
The now-richest safety in NFL history
and his coach both said their bond broke
an impasse in negotiations and resulted
in Adams signing a four-year, $70 million
contract extension Aug. 17. Adams gets $38
million guaranteed to stay with Seattle
through 2025.
“Obviously, just from when Pete called,
when the trade happened, him calling me,
reaching out, calling my mother, that meant
everything to me,” Adams, 25, said after he
participated in practice for the first time in
this Seahawks training camp.
“It’s the little things like that.
“Our relationship has always been strong.
It’s just going to continue to get better.”
Itgotbetteroverthelastfivemonths,particularly during stalled contract talks between
Adams and the team the last three weeks.
What changed, what didn’t
Adams reported to Seahawks training
camp on time July 28 to avoid NFL-mandated daily fines of $40,000.
He participated in meetings and was on
the field for practices. But he wasn’t practicing, and wouldn’t until he got his new
contract.
Adams was dug in, hard, on his stance of
maximizing guaranteed money. He wanted
as much of it at signing as possible in a league
where not much beyond the present is guaranteed.
“He stood his ground,” Carroll said. “They
were very firm about it. ...It was just a really
intense negotiation, obviously more toward
the end here.”
The Seahawks were dug in, too,
entrenched in their offer of $38 million
guaranteed and an average contract value,
minus possible incentives, that would not
exceed All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner’s
$18 million per year. That was a key principle for Seattle. Wagner has been a franchise
cornerstone for a decade. Adams has been
here a year.
Seahawks strong safety Jamal Adams practices Aug. 17 in Renton, Wash. He recently signed a
deal that makes him the highest-paid safety in the league. TED S. WARREN/AP
2021 SCHEDULE WEEK 9 BYE
WEEK 1
Sept. 12
WEEK 2
Sept. 19
WEEK 3
Sept. 26
WEEK 4
Oct. 3
WEEK 5
Oct. 7
WEEK 6
Oct. 17
@IND
1 p.m.
FOX
TEN
4:25 p.m.
CBS
@PIT
@MIN
@SF
LAR
4:25 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 8:20 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
FOX
FOX
FOX
NBC
WEEK 7
Oct. 25
NO
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
WEEK 8
Oct. 31
WEEK 10
Nov. 14
JAX
@GB
4:05 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
CBS
CBS
WEEK 11
Nov. 21
WEEK 12
Nov. 29
WEEK 13
Dec. 5
WEEK 14
Dec. 12
WEEK 15
Dec. 20
WEEK 16
Dec. 26
WEEK 17
Jan. 2
ARI
4:25 p.m.
FOX
@WFT
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
SF
8:20 p.m.
NBC
@HOU
1 p.m.
FOX
@LAR
CHI
DET
4:25 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
FOX
FOX
FOX
WEEK 18
Jan. 9
@ARI
4:25 p.m.
FOX
Note: This section was printed before final roster cuts, so personnel are subject to change; all times are Eastern and subject to change