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Ryan McFaddenJul 22, 2025, 05:21 PM ET
- Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN's NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos bushed newsman for the Denver Post. McFadden besides wrote astir the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.
HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders connected Tuesday signed three-time Pro Bowl information Jamal Adams.
The 29-year-old antiaircraft backmost volition reunite with Raiders manager Pete Carroll, whom helium played nether for 4 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Raiders besides signed cornerback JT Woods, who played successful 13 games successful 2 seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Adams is entering his ninth play successful the league. He was selected by the New York Jets with the sixth wide prime of the 2017 draft. In his 3 seasons (46 games) with the team, Adams made 2 Pro Bowl appearances and was named first-team All-Pro successful 2019.
Ahead of the 2020 season, Adams was traded to Seattle, wherever helium played successful conscionable 34 games due to the fact that of injury, though helium added different Pro Bowl quality successful 2020.
In 2022, helium suffered a torn quadriceps tendon successful his near limb during the play opener against the Denver Broncos. Adams played successful 9 games successful 2023 earlier helium was released successful the offseason.
Last year, Adams played successful 5 games with the Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions.
In 85 vocation games, Adams has totaled 501 tackles, 21.5 sacks and 4 interceptions.
This offseason, Las Vegas remodeled its information country pursuing the departures of Marcus Epps and Tre'von Moehrig.
The Raiders signed versatile antiaircraft backs Jeremy Chinn and Lonnie Johnson Jr. They besides retained Isaiah Pola-Mao, who started successful 14 games during the 2024 campaign.
During OTAs and minicamp, Chinn and Pola-Mao were the team's first-team safeties. Occasionally, the Raiders would person each 3 safeties connected the field, arsenic Chinn played person to the enactment of scrimmage portion Pola-Mao and Johnson were successful the backmost end.
Ahead of the Raiders' archetypal time of grooming camp, Carroll said the secondary was an awesome group.
"I'm fired up astir the backmost end. We're truly athletic, accelerated and big," Carroll said.
