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Why the Seahawks broke a long-standing tradition in 2023

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RENTON, Wash. -- Defensive end Dre’Mont Jones was getting mistaken for Jamal Adams around Seattle even before he signed a megadeal with the Seahawks in March. It first happened in the summer of 2021, when Jones and his Denver Broncos teammates went out to dinner while in town for a preseason game.

“The whole restaurant thought I was Jamal,” Jones recalled with a laugh. “The entire restaurant. It was the craziest thing ever. My teammates were laughing because I’d been getting that for a couple of days. They just really thought I looked like Jamal, apparently.