Brady Henderson, ESPN
Sturdy protection Jamal Adams is not going to play games within the Seattle Seahawks‘ season opener towards the Los Angeles Rams, schoolteacher Pete Carroll advised Seattle’s 93.3 KJR-FM radio Friday.
That declaration showed what has appeared most likely in fresh days. Adams, who overlooked virtually all of endmost season then tearing a quad tendon within the opener, has nonetheless now not practiced since being activated off the bodily not able to accomplish listing Aug. 24; he has taken section best in walk-through since later.
“If you watched him work out, you would not think that he couldn’t go,” Carroll advised the radio station. “He’s really working hard at it, but we’ve got to make sure that once he’s back, he stays back, so we’re going to be really careful with how we do that.
“It’s a protracted season and there can be an incredible quantity of season forward whether or not it’s the primary couple video games or no matter. I’m now not fearful about it. I simply need him proper and in point of fact assured and able to maintain as soon as he will get again.”
Carroll told reporters last week that Adams was expected to begin practicing this week, but he did not.
Knowing all along that Adams might not be ready by the start of the season, the Seahawks signed former New York Giants protection Julian Love to a two-year, $12 million deal in March.
Love will start alongside Quandre Diggs until Adams returns, with the plan to frequently play all three at once in certain packages once Adams is back.
Carroll also said “it’s committing to be a race” for rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon to build it again via the opener. Witherspoon, the 5th total pick out this future, hasn’t practiced since he re-injured his hamstring on Aug. 7.
