RENTON, Wash. -- Jamal Adams didn't just reset the safety market with his four-year, $70 million extension from the Seattle Seahawks.
He blew it out of the water in at least one metric.
Adams' annual average of $17.5 million easily topped the $15.25 million average per year -- the previous standard at the position -- and $35 million in guarantees that Justin Simmons got on his deal from the Denver Broncos earlier this offseason. Landon Collins still has the highest overall guarantee at $44.5 million, per Over The Cap data, but that's partly because he signed a six-year extension with the Washington Football Team.