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Seahawks starting S Rayshawn Jenkins leaves practice injured

Seahawks starting S Rayshawn Jenkins leaves practice injured

Seattle Seahawks starting safety Rayshawn Jenkins left Wednesday’s practice with an injury, according to multiple reports from local media members in attendance.

Jenkins exited the practice field with a medical staffer while favoring his lower left leg, per Gregg Bell. The injury occurred when the versatile safety attempted to break-up a sideline pass attempt by starting quarterback Geno Smith on the first play of an 11-on-11 no-pads scrimmage drill.

 

Jenkins has been Seattle’s starting safety opposite Julian Love since the first offseason practices in May and has remained in that role throughout training camp and the preseason. Head coach Mike Macdonald has been high on Jenkins since the Seahawks signed him to a two-year contract worth $12 million earlier this summer. He reached the market after the Jacksonville Jaguars released him from his previous deal in March.

Fellow offseason acquisition K’Von Wallace replaced Jenkins as the starting safety in Macdonald’s base defense following Jenkins’ premature exit. Wallace was signed to be a depth player, and to play in three-safety looks in Macdonald’s defensive scheme. The Seahawks are fortunate to have his experience and versatility in a reserve role, but they’d prefer to have their starter available.

Wallace concluded Tuesday’s practice with a pick-six interception return of backup quarterback Sam Howell. The following session, he was starting in place of the injured Jenkins. You never know when an opportunity is going to arise.

Jenkins recorded 101 tackles for the Jaguars last season. It marked his second consecutive 100-plus tackle campaign. Jenkins added nine pass breakups, two interceptions, and one sack to his defensive totals. He’s accumulated 464 tackles, 33 passes defensed, 10 interceptions, and 3.5 sacks through his seven-year NFL career to date.

There was no immediate word on the severity of Jenkins’ injury.

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Updated Seahawks safety depth chart with Jamal Adams returning

Here’s our best estimate at what the team’s lavish depth chart at safety looks like following Adams’ return.

Jamal Adams will be returning to the Seattle Seahawks this week, nearly one full year removed from the quad injury that claimed all but a few snaps of his 2022 season. Today, the team announced that Adams passed his physical and will be joining walk-throughs soon.

Here’s our best estimate at what the team’s lavish depth chart at safety looks like following Adams’ return.

  • Quandre Diggs
  • Jamal Adams
  • Julian Love
  • Coby Bryant*
  • Jerrick Reed II
  • Jonathan Sutherland
  • Joey Blount
  • Ty Okada

From top to bottom, this is arguably the deepest safety room in the entire league. It had better be, since the Seahawks are spending about $10 million more than any other team at this spot.

*Coby Bryant is playing nickel while first-round draft pick Devon Witherspoon is out but has been mostly at safety this offseason.

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Quandre Diggs explains how new Seahawks defense will help him and Jamal Adams

The Seahawks have been blessed with two sensational starting safety combos during the Pete Carroll era.

The Seahawks have been blessed with two sensational starting safety combos during the Pete Carroll era. It’ll be a long time before any team matches the might of prime Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, but today’s iteration of Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams is no pushover. Having those two patrol the back end of a fresh and different defensive scheme is one of many reasons for fans to feel hopeful about this unit in 2022.

Here’s Diggs describing how the new defense will help both him and Adams, per Brady Henderson at ESPN.

“I think it’s going to help both of us… I think guys can’t automatically tag [Adams] and say he’s in the box and he’s blitzing and slide his way. I’ve always learned from the different quarterbacks that I play with. They always watch the backside safety. And now with the backside safety just showing something different or kind of sitting there … you don’t know what we are in. You don’t know what checks we have. So I think that’s going to be dope.”

Adams also gave his stamp of approval, saying both he and Diggs are really excited to be a part of the change.

Diggs and Adams are both recovering from major injuries suffered late last season. Diggs broke his fibula and sprained his ankle in the final quarter of the last game of the year, while Adams missed the final month with yet another shoulder injury. Both are expected to be back to 100% by training camp.

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