'Serious' knee injury suffered by Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams to require 'some work,' coach Pete Carroll says

SEATTLE — Seahawks safety Jamal Adams suffered a serious left knee injury Monday night and will «have to get some work on that,» coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday morning on his weekly radio show.

Adams was carted off the field in the second quarter of Seattle's season opening 17-16 victory over the Denver Broncos after he was hurt while blitzing former teammate Russell Wilson.

«Yeah, he's hurt,» Carroll told Seattle Sports 710-AM. «He hurt his knee and he's going to have to get some work on that. I don't know the extent of it yet, but I know it's serious. It just breaks your heart. He loves the game so much. We're going to miss him so much.»

Adams limped off the field in obvious pain, heavily favoring his left leg, after delivering pressure and a hit on Wilson that helped force a third-down incompletion. After being examined in the medical tent, he was helped onto an injury cart. Adams was visibly upset, at one point appearing to burst out in frustration, as he was driven into the locker room.

Carroll referred to it postgame as a «serious» injury to Adams' quadriceps tendon, which attaches the quad muscle to the top of the kneecap.

«The fact that he is such a heartthrob about the game of football, he loves playing and he just can't deal with it right now about 'how could this keep happening?'» Carroll said on his radio show. «It was good he had his mom and dad in the locker room really during the game when he was in there to kind of help him through it and all that, but it was really tough. So I hope everybody sends the love to him.»

Adams had three tackles and defended a pass before his injury. Josh Jones replaced him for the rest of the game. Seattle also has Ryan Neal as a safety option. Neal made four starts in 2020