Jamal Adams may be the league's top-paid safety, but he didn't play like it on Thursday night against the Rams.
This according to Pro Football Focus, which tagged Adams with a team-low rating of 30.0 in the Seahawks' loss to the Rams.
The two-time second-team All Pro seldom heard his name called in the fast-paced, hard-hitting game, and failed to register either a sack, hit or pressure on any of his several blitzes, per Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times.
After the game, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll suggested it was unfair to single out Adams or any other player for what was an overall shaky defensive performance against the high-octane Rams offense.
"You know, I’m not going after any one guy on anything about anything right now," Carroll told reporters, per Pro Football Talk. "It’s not the time. Go after me first.”
He took the same approach when asked specifically about Adams and the secondary allowing a crucial 68-yard pass to Rams wide receiver DeSean Jackson despite seemingly having him bracketed in double coverage.
Adams seemed to be lost the play, playing Jackson with his head turned to the quarterback rather than making a play on the ball.
“Unfortunately on the big play he didn’t find his way to the ball,” Carroll said. “They were very fortunate that that happened. We were over the top and had the guy doubled and all that kind of stuff, and I don’t even know why he threw it. But the fact that they did and they made a play, give them credit. It’s great play by their quarterback and by DeSean."
Adams, now in his second year with the Seahawks, has by most accounts fallen short of expectations after Seattle surrendered two first-round draft picks to acquire him in a trade with the Jets, and then signed him to a lucrative long-term extension.
The Rams were successful attacking the Seahawks' secondary on Thursday night, piling up 365 yards for an average of 14.6 yards per catch. Quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 25 of 37 attempts with one touchdown pass, and an interception on an apparent errant throwaway ball. He was sacked only once, suggesting the maligned Seahawks secondary wasn't getting much help from the pass rush.
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