The Seattle Seahawks released not one, but both starting safeties earlier this week. Jamal Adams was inevitable given his huge salary and deepening, performance-affecting injury history, whereas Quandre Diggs was a little bit more uncertain entering the offseason.
We’re going to leave Adams aside as a special case and focus on a trend that’s happening throughout the NFL, and something I believe more closely impacted Diggs. The roster cuts are coming thick and fast ahead of free agency, and many established safeties are getting hit the hardest:
- Marcus Maye, New Orleans Saints (age 30, one year left on his contract, $7.