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The Jets have traded safety Jamal Adams to the Seahawks, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The Seahawks sent a 2021 first-round pick, a 2021 third-round pick, a 2022 first-round pick, and safety Bradley McDougald to the Jets in exchange for Adams and a 2022 fourth-round choice. [RELATED: Adams Says Adam Gase Isn’t “Right Leader” For Jets]Jets GM Joe Douglas has come under fire for his handling of Adams, but it s hard to argue with the Jets return on the trade. It s a stunning haul, considering how badly the Adams bridge had been burned.The Seahawks, meanwhile, have received one of the league s most exciting young talents. Adams – who won t turn 25 until October – has been a certified star since his rookie season and he s been rock solid in coverage for the last two years. Between 2018 and 2019, only Vikings standout Anthony Harris graded out higher than Adams at safety, according to Pro Football Focus. Eddie Jackson (Bears) is No. 3 on the list, and he currently stands as the league s top-paid safety. In 2019, Adams earned his first ever First-Team All-Pro nod while notching 75 tackles, seven passes defensed, 6.5 sacks, and a defensive touchdown.It s an immediate lift for the Seahawks and a future cornerstone for their secondary. Of course, they ll have to iron out a new deal with Adams sooner rather than later. For now, Adams has two years of club control remaining on his deal. Beyond that, he s seeking a deal that will position him as the league s highest paid safety, meaning a floor of $15MM per year. Adams was also pushing the Jets for $20MM per season – putting him in defensive end territory – but that sticker price was probably exclusive to Gang Green. For the Seahawks, and other clubs that were on his wish list, the ask was believed to be a bit lower. Also, Adams is reportedly willing to wait until next year to start negotiations with the Seahawks.Throughout the offseason, Douglas told the world that he would not trade Adams under any circumstances. That stance softened in recent weeks as Adams voice his displeasure more and more. Adams claims that the Jets promised him an extension offer in January. That offer never came. In the spring, the Jets pinned the delay on the pandemic and the related economic factors, but he wasn t buying it. Per one recent report, Jets ownership instructed the front office to hold on large, multi-year committments long before COVID-19 reached the United States.The Cowboys, Ravens, Texans, Chiefs, Eagles, 49ers, and Buccaneers were also among Adams preferred destinations. It s not clear whether those clubs made an aggressive play for Adams, however. Any of those teams would have loved to have him – especially the Texans, given their glaring need at the position – but the Jets asking price coupled with the expense of a new Adams deal cooled the interest of most clubs. For the Seahawks, it was well worth it.While most teams have held off on making major moves this offseason, the NFC West has been a notable exception. Adams is the latest big-time trade acquisition in the division, following the 49ers move for Trent Williams and the Cardinals stunner of a deal for DeAndre Hopkins. The Rams, who have made a habit of splashy moves in their new L.A. digs, have not been quite as proactive.Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announced (via Twitter) that he will opt out of the upcoming season. Per the terms of the league s agreement with the NFLPA, his decision is irrevocable. [RELATED: Cowboys’ DeMarcus Lawrence Considering Opt Out]Duvernay-Tardif, a medical school graduate, is the first player to exercise his right to opt out. He s been volunteering at a long-term care facility in Quebec, Canada during the pandemic – after witnessing the impact of COVID-19 first-hand, LDT decided to play it safe and not play.“This is one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make in my life, but I must follow my convictions and do what I believe is right for me personally,” Duvernay-Tardif said. “That is why I have decided to take the opt-out option negotiated by the league and the NFLPA and officially opt out of the 2020 NFL season. Being at the front line during this offseason has given me a different perspective on this pandemic and the stress it puts on individuals and our healthcare system. I cannot allow myself to potentially transmit the virus to our communities simply to play the sport I love. If I am to take risks, I will do it caring for patients.“I want to thank everyone in the Kansas City Chiefs organization for their support and understanding.”Duvernay-Tardif was set to play on the five-year, $42.36MM extension he inked with the Chiefs following the 2016 season. Instead, his contract will toll, meaning that his deal will resume in 2021 and now extend through the 2022 season. This year, the Chiefs will undoubtedly miss having him up front. He s been the club s starter at right guard for the past five seasons, save for an injury-marred 2018.Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. Eyeing a 12th NFL season, LeSean McCoy said he has spoken to multiple teams. The former All-Pro running back indicated Friday the teams he s referencing are some of his favorite teams. As a member of the Chiefs, McCoy collected his first Super Bowl ring. Kansas City did not dress McCoy for Super Bowl LIV, however, and drafted Clyde Edwards-Helaire in Round 1. McCoy continuing his career will almost certainly mean leaving Missouri. He would prefer to do so with a contending team. Right now, just talked to a couple of teams some of my favorite teams that I d think would be a great fit for me, McCoy said during an NFL Network interview with Mike Garafolo. But I think the biggest thing is to find the right fit. Find the right fit for me. I think at the point in my career, not just playing football. I want to play for the right team. I want to be able to contribute. I want to be able to win another championship. You can t go from playing with the Chiefs with all that talent and winning a championship to now just trying to play. McCoy has been connected to an Eagles return. They are open to that prospect, and multiple acclaimed Eagles have lobbied for this. Missing out on Carlos Hyde while also having pursued Devonta Freeman, the Eagles make sense as a McCoy suitor. The Eagles traded McCoy to the Bills in 2015. Although the Buccaneers have Ronald Jones and third-round pick Ke Shawn Vaughn, their Freeman interest could make them a candidate to add McCoy as well. Not many contenders are in dire need at this position, however.The former Eagles and Bills Pro Bowler said he wants to surpass 12,000 rushing yards. Currently sitting on 11,071, McCoy would likely need to play at least two more seasons to get there. The 14 retired 12,000-yard rushers are in the Hall of Fame. He ranks 22nd on the all-time rushing list. While the Chiefs went away from McCoy down the stretch, he upped his per-carry average from 3.2 in 2018 to 4.6 last season.Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. The Broncos signed all 10 of their 2020 draft picks this week. They concluded the stretch of deals by agreeing to terms with second-round wide receiver K.J. Hamler on his four-year contract Friday, Mike Klis of 9News notes.Denver became the first team to select wide receivers in both the first and second rounds since the Cardinals chose Bryant Johnson and Anquan Boldin in 2003. The Broncos drafted Jerry Jeudy at No. 15 overall and took Hamler 46th, equipping Drew Lock with an intriguing set of weapons alongside Courtland Sutton and 2019 first-round tight end Noah Fant.A hamstring injury prevented Hamler from participating at the Combine, but the Penn State product was viewed as one of the draft s fastest players. A 5-foot-9 wideout who declared for the draft after his sophomore college season, Hamler is expected to see action in the slot for the Broncos. He showed high-level playmaking ability with the Nittany Lions, totaling 98 receptions for 1,658 yards and 13 touchdowns as an underclassman. He averaged 18 yards per catch as a freshman.Hamler will join former Penn State teammate DaeSean Hamilton in the Broncos receiver group but will be expected to surpass him and man the slot in Denver s three-wideout sets.Here is the Broncos full 2020 draft class:1-15: Jerry Jeudy, WR (Alabama): Signed2-46: K.J. Hamler, WR (Penn State): Signed3-77: Michael Ojemudia, CB (Iowa): Signed3-83: Lloyd Cushenberry, C (LSU): Signed3-95: McTelvin Agim, DL (Arkansas): Signed4-118: Albert Okwuegbunam, TE (Missouri): Signed5-178: Justin Strnad, LB (Wake Forest): Signed6-181: Netane Muti, G (Fresno State): Signed7-252: Tyrie Cleveland, WR (Florida): Signed7-254: Derrek Tuszka, LB (North Dakota State): Signed A two-tiered opt-out system will be in place this year. It will classify players in two categories: those who opt out of the season because they are at high risk of developing coronavirus complications and those who simply choose not to play, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe tweets. Players who opt out would receive stipends, Volin tweets, but must decide within 10 days if they plan to play in 2020. Players who are in the high-risk category will receive a $350K stipend and an accrued season toward free agency, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com tweets. Players without such risk will receive $150K and no such accrued season, per Fowler. Although high-risk NFL players did not receive a deal on the level of what Major League Baseball players secured where high-risk opt-out players receive their full salary and get credit for the season but the accrued-season component is a significant win for players in the high-risk category.There will be an opt-out exception for certain players. Players will be able to opt out beyond the early-August deadline, and apparently into the regular season, if a family member develops complications from the virus (Twitter link via NFL reporter Josina Anderson).Days before full teams are scheduled to report to training camp, the NFL and NFLPA have reached agreements on other fronts as well. Here is the latest on the solutions the sides reached after months of negotiations:Training camps will still begin July 28, but the acclimation period players sought will take place. No full-padded practices will occur until August 17, Lindsay Jones of The Athletic tweets. Eight days of strength and conditioning will first take place before four days of helmets-and-shells work commences, Jones adds. Days 1-6 of camp will consist of COVID-19 testing and virtual meetings, per SI.com s Albert Breer (on Twitter). This year s camps will feature a maximum of 14 padded practices. That is down by just two from the 2020 CBA s limitation but down considerably from last year s setup.Teams do not have to cut rosters down from 90 to 80 players a long-rumored scenario in this COVID-19 reality until they begin practicing in pads August 16, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. This will remind of the recent past, when teams needed to trim their rosters from 90 to 75 players before ultimately cutting down to 53.As expected, practice squads will expand from 12 to 16 players. However, a key caveat exists to protect teams from losing higher-end P-squad talent. Teams can protect four players from being poached by other teams on a weekly basis, Mark Maske of the Washington Post tweets. Normally, teams can sign other franchises practice squad players if they promote them to the 53-man roster. In this historically unusual year, teams can block certain players from such advancement and have up to six players with unlimited experience on their taxi squads. News about the potential solutions in place for a revamped NFL structure continues to trickle out. Part of that: a resolution to the months-long debate about the salary cap.The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to some financial compromises. Next year s salary cap will be no lower than $175MM, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com report (Twitter link). Rather than borrowing money from projected future revenues through 2030 as the players initially sought this agreement will take from projected funds through 2024 to help guard against a salary cap freefall this COVID-19-altered season could cause, Mark Maske of the Washington Post tweets. Ownership previously hoped to only borrow against projected gains through 2021.The NFLPA has voted unanimously to recommend this change to the CBA. Barring a down vote from the 32 union player reps later today, the parties have prevented a future in which the cap plummets considerably from its current $198.2MM perch.Still, the cap coming in at $175MM, or even anywhere below $195MM, would represent the biggest drop in its 28-year history. The cap has steadily risen by approximately $10MM annually since 2014. Twelve of this year s 14 franchise-tagged players did not sign long-term extensions. This could flood the 2021 free agency pool, with more cap-casualty cuts likely coming as well. Coupled with a cap reduction, this would create a buyer s market next year. And the agreed-upon smoothing process will limit cap growth through 2024.But the cap will not drop this year, as some owners sought. Owners dropped their request for an $8MM cap reduction this year, Pelissero tweets. However, the players gave in on another point that could affect 2020 earnings. Games must be played in order for players to receive money, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The NFLPA, though, was able to secure a fund that will pay back players who lost guaranteed money, Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com reports (on Twitter). This will cover COVID-induced losses up to 2023. While particulars are unclear, Rapoport adds players who lose base salary money in 2020 will have it paid back next year (Twitter link).Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. That s a wrap. The Jets have inked third-round safety Ashtyn Davis to his rookie contract to round out their 2020 draft class (Twitter link via Manish Mehta of the Daily News). [RELATED: Jets Willing To Trade Adams]Davis, a Cal product, underwent core muscle surgery just before the draft. However, he s expected to be 100% healthy by Week 1.Safety seems to be Davis most likely position in the pros, but he also spent time at cornerback early in his collegiate career. The former walk-on is ready, willing, and even eager to line up at different spots in Gregg Williams defense. I think I can contribute anywhere they put me. I m comfortable on the outside and inside, whatever the case may be, Davis said. After my first year of playing safety, I wanted to know every position and not just my responsibility. That way if someone went down they could put me in. Per the terms of his slot, Davis has received a four-year, $4.9MM deal. Here s the full rundown of the Jets nine-man freshman class, via PFR s tracker:1-11: Mekhi Becton, T (Louisville): Signed2-59: Denzel Mims, WR (Baylor): Signed3-68: Ashtyn Davis, S (California): Signed3-79: Jabari Zuniga, DE (Florida): Signed4-120: Lamical Perine, RB (Florida): Signed4-125: James Morgan, QB (Florida International): Signed4-129: Cameron Clark, OT (Charlotte): Signed5-158: Bryce Hall, CB (Virginia): Signed6-191: Braden Mann, P (Texas A M): SignedPhoto courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. They say that time heals all wounds. Unfortunately, that doesn t seem to be the case for the Jets and Jamal Adams. In an interview with Manish Mehta of the Daily News, the Pro Bowl safety slammed Jets head coach Adam Gase and GM Joe Douglas. [RELATED: Adams Has Bucs, Cowboys, 49ers On Wish List]“I don’t feel like he’s the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land. As a leader, what really bothers me is that he doesn’t have a relationship with everybody in the building, Adams said, in reference to Gase.  At the end of the day, he doesn’t address the team,”. “If there’s a problem in the locker room, he lets another coach address the team. If we’re playing s -y and we’re losing, he doesn’t address the entire team as a group at halftime. He’ll walk out of the locker room and let another coach handle it. Adams hasn t spoken to Gase since the end of the regular season and hasn t received the extension offer he says he was promised in January. In February, Douglas told the world that he wanted Adams to be a Jet for life. The delay in talks could be attributed to the pandemic, but Mehta hears that the Jets front office was told to ease up on spending long before COVID-19 reached the U.S. In May, Adams says the Jets asked his camp to table talks until next year, so that they could monitor Adams and see if he was still committed to the game and the team.“It was very insulting,” said Adams, who has built a reputation as one of the NFL s hardest working players. “You know I bust my ass for that organization every day. I work my ass off. For them to say that to me, I was like ‘Okay… Whoa! That was little bit too far.’”“If they would have just simply said, ‘You know what, Jamal — we’re not going to look to pay you this year, we want to keep adding players — I would have respected that more. I would say, ‘You know what? I respect it. As a man, I get it. I understand it’s a business.’ But for them to tell me that they’re going to pay me and then not send over a proposal after they said that’s what they were going to, that’s where we go wrong. And then for you to ignore me, that’s why I have a problem.”Despite the animosity, Adams confirmed that he will report to camp on July 28th. Meanwhile, Adams says that Douglas is now open to trading him before the start of the season. After months of subtweets, pointed comments, and flat-out trade demands, the saga between Adams and Gang Green could be nearing its finale.Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. The Dolphins waived undrafted defensive lineman Ray Lima earlier today, but the move wasn t simply an attempt to trim the roster. Rather, as Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald tweets, the rookie has decided to retire.Lima didn t show up to Dolphins camp today, and while head coach Brian Flores tried to change the rookie s mind, the lineman decided to move on from the sport. Jackson notes that the decision had nothing to do with COVID-19. Rather, Lima simply wants to do something else with his life. The six-foot-three, 316-pound lineman appeared in 35 games for Iowa State between the 2017 and 2019 seasons, compiling 87 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and one pass defended. He appeared in 11 games during his senior campaign, finishing with 28 tackles and 0.5 sacks.As an undrafted free agent, Lima already faced an uphill battle to make the Dolphins roster. He was one of four undrafted lineman to sign with the Dolphins, and he was competing with the likes of Zach Sieler for reps behind Davon Godchaux and Christian Wilkins.As Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com notes, the move leaves the Dolphins with 86 players on the roster, so more moves are certainly coming. The 2013 offseason was a busy one for the Cleveland Browns. The organization replaced general manager Tom Heckert Jr. with Michael Lombardi, and they hired Rob Chudzinski as head coach after canning Pat Shurmur. The team also made significant changes to the roster, ditching former third-round quarterback Colt McCoy and signing veteran Jason Campbell to a two-year deal. The front office also traded former third-overall pick Trent Richardson.One of the moves that went under the radar was a move made on July 23rd, 2013. On that date, the organization signed offensive lineman John Greco to a five-year, $13MM deal. The contract featured only $3MM in guaranteed money.Greco originally joined the Browns before the 2011 season, as the Rams traded their former third-round pick to Cleveland for a conditional seventh-rounder. Greco appeared as a backup in 15 games during the 2011 campaign, but he endeared himself to the organization in 2012 when he started 10 games in place of Jason Pinkston.The Browns proceeded to ink Greco to a surprisingly lengthy extension, but the organization ended up getting plenty out of the offensive guard. The lineman started 56 games for Cleveland between 2013 and 2016, including a stint at center when regular starter Alex Mack was sidelined.While Greco dealt with a handful of injuries during his tenure in Cleveland, he emerged as a dependable, reliable option for the coaching staff. While he certainly wasn t a household name, the lineman consistently ranked in the top-20 of Pro Football Focus offensive guard rankings.Cleveland made some changes to their offensive line before the 2017 season, adding Kevin Zeitler and center J.C. Tretter. Greco was ultimately cut by the Browns at the end of the preseason. He didn t end up seeing the field during his subsequent stint with the Saints, but he appeared in 21 games (with seven starts) for the Giants between the 2017 and 2018 seasons.While Greco s career ended unceremoniously, he s getting his time in the (PFR) limelight today.Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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