Seahawks' Jamal Adams stands by intent in spat with reporters - ESPN

RENTON, Wash. — Amid criticism on social media and disapproval from coach Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams stood by the intention behind his since-deleted post in which he fired back at an NFL reporter who had commented on his play.

The reporter, who covered Adams during the safety's time with the New York Jets, reposted a video on X (formerly Twitter) last Thursday night of Adams allowing the go-ahead touchdown pass in a 41-35 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The accompanying comment from the reporter was «Yikes.»

Adams responded on X by posting a picture of the reporter's wife along with the same comment: «Yikes.»

Asked about the perception that he crossed a line, Adams interjected.

«Oh, it's always the athlete crossed the line when he responds,» Adams said Wednesday. «But at the end of the day, disrespect is disrespect. However you want to take it. So I responded. I knew when I did hit that tweet, I wasn't in it to win it. At the end of the day, it was to get him to understand to leave me the hell alone.»

Adams said he and the reporter have «previous history» and that they «don't like each other.»

«He's been going on saying a couple things since the trade, and obviously it's been happening before that, and I just got fed up with it,» Adams said. "… Whether it was uncalled for or not, my ultimate goal was to get [him] to not respond to me anymore. That was the key, and that's what I hope it is."

Adams also fired back — both on X and in the locker room on Wednesday — at another New York reporter who had weighed in by calling Adams a bad person.

«He's another one,» Adams said. «Do not like.… At the end of the day, hey, you responded to something that was not a part of y'alls team and you obviously had