Jamal Adams nearly broke the NFL’s defensive back sack record last season with the Jets. This season, he broke it as a Seahawk and against his former team.
Adams registered a sack on Sam Darnold in the first half, giving him 8.5 this year. Adams now has the most sacks for a defensive back in a season. The record was previously held by former Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson when he had eight sacks in 2005.
It only took Adams nine games to break the record, compared to Wilson who did it in 15 games in 2005. Adams missed four games earlier in the season with a groin injury.
In 2019 with the Jets, Adams was on pace to break the record until he got injured in Week 12 against the Bengals and missed two games. He did come back for the Jets’ final two games of the regular season, but failed to record a sack in either one of those games. Adams finished with 6.5 sacks last season.
New York dealt Adams to Seattle this past offseason after he forced his way out because he wanted a contract extension. The Jets weren’t interested in giving Adams an extension at the time, so they traded him to the Seahawks for two first-round picks, one third-round pick and Bradley McDougald.
On Sunday, he made history against the team that dealt him.