The Seahawks have released safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs and tight end Will Dissly.
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By releasing Diggs, the Seahawks free up $11 million in cap space and take on $10.26 million in dead money, per OTC, while Dissly's release clears $7 million and creates $3.1 million in dead money. After missing only two games in his first three seasons with the Jets, Adams couldn't stay healthy in Seattle. He missed four games in 2020 with a groin strain and needed surgeries the following offseason to repair a torn left shoulder labrum as well as two broken fingers on his left hand.
Adams' first game back from the quad injury in Week 4 of last season was cut short by a first-quarter concussion, which led to an outburst by the safety against the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant who had examined him on the sideline. Adams apologized for that incident and wasn't fined, though the NFL docked him $50,000 after another run-in with a UNC two weeks later.
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