Source - Seattle Seahawks star safety Jamal Adams expected to miss rest of NFL season

Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams is expected to miss the remainder of the NFL season after suffering an injury to his quadriceps tendon in the team's opener, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

The Seahawks placed Adams on injured reserve on Thursday and signed defensive back Teez Tabor off the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad to take his place on their 53-man roster.

Adams and the Seahawks believed the three-time Pro Bowl selection was in for a bounce-back campaign after a disappointing 2021 season in which he was held without a sack in 12 games. But any chance of that ended in the second quarter of Seattle's 17-16 victory over the Denver Broncos on Monday night when Adams was carted off the field after he was hurt while blitzing former teammate Russell Wilson.

Coach Pete Carroll called it a «serious» injury postgame and said on his weekly radio show on Seattle Sports 710 AM on Tuesday morning that Adams would «have to get some work on that,» though he stopped short of declaring then that Adams' season was over.

NFL Network first reported Thursday that Adams would have season-ending surgery.

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 has said the injury is 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