Seahawks release Jamal Adams, Quandre Diggs, Will Dissly - ESPN

The Seattle Seahawks released safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs and tight end Will Dissly on Tuesday, the team announced.

Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was set to make a non-guaranteed $16.5 million in 2024 and count $26.9 million against the salary cap — untenable amounts for a player who has been unable to stay on the field or get to the quarterback since his stellar Seattle debut in 2020.

Adams' release wipes the $16.5 million off the Seahawks' books as well as the $17.5 million (also non-guaranteed) he was scheduled to make in 2025, the final year of his contract.

The Seahawks will save $7.3 million against the 2024 cap by releasing Adams while taking on $19.6 million in dead money.

Releasing Diggs frees up $11 million in cap space, while Dissly's release will free up $6.97 million, according to Spotrac.com.

Between three straight injury-shortened seasons, zero sacks in that span and the unwieldy price tag, it seemed as though Adams' days in Seattle were numbered.

The Seahawks parted with two first-round picks to acquire Adams from the New York Jets in 2020 — one of the biggest swings of the John Schneider/Pete Carroll era — and then made him the NFL's highest-paid safety a year later with a four-year, $70 million extension.

Adams made his third straight Pro Bowl during his debut season with the Seahawks while setting a record for defensive backs with 9.5 sacks, but Adams hasn't recorded a single sack since then.

Diggs was acquired in a 2019 trade with the Detroit Lions. He was selected to three straight Pro Bowls (2020-22) with the Seahawks and had 18 interceptions in his time with the Seahawks.

He posted a career-best 95 tackles last season and had 324 in 72 games with the Seahawks.

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