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Jamal Adams doubles down on denigrating comment about reporter’s wife

Jamal Adams had the chance to back off the denigrating comment he made about a reporter’s wife. Instead, he doubled down with malice aforethought.

Seahawks safety Jamal Adams can be a dynamic player if he’s used as a forward-motion guy only, because his coverage skills are … well … iffy. Seattle might regret trading two first-round picks and giving a four-year, $70 million contract with $38 million guaranteed to a 220-pound box ‘backer, but that’s a separate issue. In any event, Adams had his worst game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 13, allowing four catches on five targets for 48 yards, 10 yards after the catch, a touchdown and an opponent passer rating of 146.3.

The touchdown Adams allowed to tight end Jake Ferguson with 4:37 left in a game the Cowboys won 41-35 started things off.

Adams got greased on the crosser, Ferguson boxed him out, and that was that.

Connor Hughes, a reporter for SNY TV, posted a tweet with the play in question and a one-word review: “Yikes.”

Adams’ response was to post a picture of Hughes and his wife, obviously belittling Hughes’ wife.

Today, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll tried to defuse the situation, saying that he had spoken to Adams about it and that “we don’t want to be a part of that.”

But when Adams was asked about it at his locker room by reporters, he certainly wanted to be a part of that.

“It’s always the athlete that crossed the line when he responds,” Adams said, via Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune. “But at the end of the day, disrespect is disrespect, however you want to take it. So, I responded. I knew when I did hit that tweet, I wasn’t in it to win it. At the end of the day it was to get him to understand, ‘Leave me the hell alone.’”

“When others go low, I go lower.”

Adams was then asked if he had any regrets about what he did, which opened up another can.

I mean, you can sit there and have regret. But I don’t live that way in my life. … We’ve had history, Connor and I. …We’ve have never liked each other.

Obviously, hey, he responded to something that was uncalled for that he didn’t need to speak on. And, honestly, I’ve been letting him slide for too long and I just got fed up with it. I did what I did. I hate that I had to bring her into the situation, but at the end of the day the ultimate goal was to get at him.

I’m not here to say if it was fair or not. But at the same time, at the end of the day, it’s been personal with him and I ever since I’ve been with the Jets and even before that, since my rookie year. Like I said, it’s been going on for countless years. He’s always said some smart things toward my play, if I do make a mistake. And I just got fed up with it, bro. This was the end of it.

And I knew, this only thing right here, I was going to tweet was going to hurt him. Anything else I said wouldn’t have hurt him. But he got my point. And he knows not to continue to mess with me. Again, didn’t want to bring her in. But I just so happened I scrolled down and I seen what I seen, and I responded back with the same comment he made.

“At the end of the day, I knew that was something that he loved,” Adams concluded. “And this is something that I love, playing this game. I was fed up with the (stuff). So I gave him something back that, I guarantee he won’t respond back to anything else, going forward. And that was my whole point.”

So, Adams went out of his way to denigrate the wife of a reporter with malice aforethought, and he has no regrets. Good to know.

Geno Smith needs to speed up his clock to save the Seahawks’ passing game

The Seahawks’ passing game has regressed for two fundamental reasons, and they’d better correct both of them before the Cowboys game.

When Geno Smith became the Seattle Seahawks’ franchise quarterback (and the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year) in the 2022 season, he had the league’s third-most attempts with two tight ends on the field — 159 per Sports Info Solutions, of which he completed 117 for 1,190 yards, 759 air yards, 11 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 104.5. Smith had 40 attempts with three tight ends on the field — only Patrick Mahomes had more with 67 — and Smith completed 30 of those passes for 305 yards, 105 air yards, one touchdown, one interception, and a passer rating of 107.8.

In the more standard 11 personnel — one running back, one tight end, and three receivers — Smith had 387 attempts, which ranked 13th in the league. Smith completed 260 of those passes for 2,790 yards, 1,666 air yards, 20 touchdowns, seven interceptions, and a passer rating of 97.8.

Through the first 12 weeks of the 2023 season, Smith has just 62 attempts with two tight ends on the field, which ranks 13th. He’s completed 49 of those passes for 553 yards, 302 air yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 125.3. Smith has just 17 attempts with three tight ends on the field — seventh-most in the league — and he’s completed 12 of those passes for 180 yards, 98 air yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 105.0.

That leaves 11 personnel as a primary construct for Seattle’s 2023 passing game, and this season, Smith has 265 attempts, which ranks 14th. He’s completed 165 passes in 11 for 1,716 yards, 895 air yards, seven touchdowns, seven of his eight interceptions (the other one came out of 10 personnel), and a passer rating of 78.8, which ranks 24th among quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts in 11 personnel.

The first-round selection of Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba presaged more 11 personnel this season once the rookie got into the swing of things with fellow receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, but it doesn’t seem as if Smith has caught up to the idea. More specifically, Smith, offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, and head coach Pete Carroll have all spoken this week about Smith’s need to get the ball out more quickly, and more on time with the route concepts. It hasn’t been a problem in those tight end-heavy formations, but with a new mainstay and new concepts, the timing is clearly off, and it’s affected the offense all year long.

It’s a bad time for this to be happening. The 6-5 Seahawks are fighting for postseason relevance after getting thrashed by the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night, and they’re up this Thursday against a Dallas Cowboys defense that has the lowest opponent passer rating allowed against 11 personnel — 72.6, which you get when you allow 141 of 239 attempts for 1,485 yards, nine touchdowns, and eight interceptions. (By the way, the 49ers that just whooped up on Seattle lead the league with 13 interceptions against 11 personnel). Also by the way, Cowboys star cornerback DaRon Bland, who has already set the NFL single-season record with five pick-sixes, has four of those interception touchdowns against 11 personnel.

In this week’s “Xs and Os with Greg Cosell and Doug Farrar,” the guys use tape and advanced metrics to get into what’s going on here.

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You can watch this week’s “Xs and Os” right here:

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You can also listen and subscribe to the “Xs and Os” podcast on Spotify…

…and on Apple Podcasts.

Before we get into the issues Seattle clearly faces with personnel and efficiency in the passing game, let’s chop up what everyone’s saying about it.

Seahawks vs. Cowboys: Game day info for Thursday night matchup

Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch, stream or listen to this week’s game.

The Seahawks are officially on the ropes. As they approach the second game on their brutal four-week swing, Seattle has lost three of four and now will be visiting one of the league’s best teams in the Cowboys.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch, stream or listen to this week’s game.

What: Seattle Seahawks (6-5) vs. Dallas Cowboys (8-3)

When: Thursday, Nov. 30 – 8:15 p.m. Eastern time, 5:15 p.m. Pacific

Where: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Watch: The game will be streamed live on Amazon Prime.

Broadcasters: Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit

Stream: Fubo TV (try it for free)

Listen: KIRO 97.3 FM, Seattle Sports 710AM

Why: While they may be a little punch-drunk, these Seahawks aren’t down and out yet. Beating the Eagles or 49ers seems like a long-shot, but they can and must upset Dallas – otherwise they’ll probably come out of this stretch two games under .500 and with zero confidence leftover.

Odds: According to BetMGM, the Seahawks are 8.5-point underdogs.

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Ranking the 8 remaining games on the Seahawks schedule from easiest to hardest

Let’s see if we can predict how the rest of the regular season will play out.

The Seattle Seahawks are now past the halfway point on their 2023 schedule. While there have been some bumps along the way, Seattle is roughly where we expected them to be at this point in the season. At 6-3 they are a tough but flawed team, on the bubble of true Super Bowl contenders but not quite there just yet.

Things are about to get a whole lot harder, though. After this week’s rematch on the road with the Los Angeles Ram the Seahawks will embark on the most-brutal part of their schedule – arguably the roughest four-game run any team in the NFL will face this year.

Let’s see if we can predict how the rest of the regular season will play out. Here’s how we rank the eight games remaining on the Seahawks’ schedule and our predictions for each of them.

NFL owners approve making Thursday Night Football even worse

As it happens, the Seahawks are already scheduled to play a Thursday night game in that stretch.

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On Monday NFL owners approved a new rule that will allow flexing of Thursday Night Football games between Weeks 13-17 during the regular season. Teams must be given 28 days notice.

Here are the full details from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

There are a lot of good reasons why this is a very bad idea, some of which were raised by opposing owners and the NFLPA. Tom Pelissero detailed some of those concerns, here.

As it happens, the Seahawks are already scheduled to play a Thursday night game in that stretch. They’re due to visit the Cowboys in Week 13, one week after hosting the 49ers on Thanksgiving.

Unless both teams have completely tanked by mid-season it’s highly unlikely that this matchup will get flexed out. The Cowboys are a ratings cash-cow for the NFL no matter how good or bad the team is performing or who they’re playing. In any case, Seattle already has two TNF games on their schedule, so they can’t be flexed into a third.

On principle Thursday night games are bad primarily because of the danger they pose to the health and safety of players. Playing two a year is an even greater risk and it will come at the expense of quality teams that have played well enough to be a TV draw – and at a critical time in the season.

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Predicting the Seattle Seahawks’ prime-time games in 2023

That’s why we are projecting four prime-time games for Seattle this coming season.

The 2023 NFL regular season schedule will be rolled out tomorrow night with all the usual fanfare. The Seahawks used to be virtually guaranteed the maximum five prime-time games per season, but last year they only appeared in two.

First, they opened the regular season with a thrilling one-point win at home against the Broncos on Monday Night Football, then in December they hosted a Thursday night game, ending in another humiliating loss to the 49ers. Seattle also faced Tampa in Munich, which had an international audience but wasn’t technically prime-time.

However, when the 2022 schedule was made most folks thought this team was going to be a bust as the post-Russell Wilson era began. Now we know better and fans should expect more time in the national spotlight. That’s why we are projecting four prime-time games for Seattle this coming season. Here’s who we think they’ll be facing for each matchup.

Seahawks vs. Cowboys Gameday Info: How to watch or stream preseason Week 3

The Seahawks will play the final preseason game on their 2022 schedule today, visiting the Cowboys in Dallas.

The Seahawks will play the final preseason game on their 2022 schedule today, visiting the Cowboys in Dallas. Here is all the info you need to know.

Preseason Week 3 Game information:

What: Seattle Seahawks (0-2) vs. Dallas Cowboys (1-1)

When: Friday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. PT

Where: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

Watch: The game will be broadcast locally on Fox Q13 Seattle as well as nationally on NFL Network.

Why: This will be the last chance for backup quarterback Drew Lock to prove he has what it takes to start over Geno Smith. Lock won’t be starting but he is expected to get a lot of snaps, perhaps as much as three quarters’ worth. Several other players are also battling for a roster spot.

Streaming:

Gamepass is now called NFL+. You can stream preseason games there or watch on FuboTV (try it for free).

Stay tuned for analysis and highlights here after the game.

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