Adams, also a trade acquisition, joined the Seahawks in 2020 and earned second-team Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors that year after setting a record for defensive backs with 9.5 sacks, but injuries have taken his toll Impact limited for Adams since this year He has appeared in just 22 games over the last three seasons, including 10 in the last two years, after suffering a torn quadriceps tendon in the 2022 season opener.
The Seahawks still have Julian Love at safety after signing him to a multiyear deal last offseason, and Love is coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2023, but they'll now have a new starter on the other side have a safe position.
Dissly, a 2018 fourth-round pick out of the University of Washington, battled serious injuries in his first two seasons, tearing his patellar tendon as a rookie and his Achilles tendon in his sophomore season, becoming a mainstay in the Seattle offense. After playing in just 10 games in the first two seasons, Dissly appeared in at least 15 games in each of the last four seasons and started 55 of 62 games from 2020 to 2023. In his six seasons with the Seahawks, Dissly recorded 127 catches for 1,421 yards and 13 touchdowns while playing a large role in the running game.
By releasing Dissly, the Seahawks could have an entirely new tight end group in 2024, as Noah Fant and Colby Parkinson are both scheduled to become free agents next week unless they are re-signed before the start of the league year.
The timing of these decisions is consistent with what general manager and president of football operations John Schneider described last week at the NFL Scouting Combine, namely that this would be the week the team would begin making roster decisions, after a new coaching staff headed by Mike Macdonald, is finally in place.
“We literally just finished hiring people, so think about all of us sitting in a room together, we're all like getting to know each other: 'What's important to you, what's important to.' all these different people?'” Schneider said last week. “When we met, Mike and I had an idea of where we wanted to take this thing, but you also have to get into the specifics of the positions and understand what's important to these guys.” “In order to get buy-in from the workforce .”
When asked specifically about salary cap action, Schneider acknowledged that it could still be coming, and on Tuesday that was indeed the case.
“You’re constantly evaluating that,” Schneider said. “It's one of those things that we're going to figure out: 'Okay, if we're interested in this player or that player, how do we create space to get that player? If we trade a player with another team, how do we create the space?' Right now, this time of year, it's like having giant chess pieces that we're trying to work through. I don’t have any specifics for you, but I know we’re there.”