Why Eagles fans should be pretty happy with the Jamal Adams trade

 

Jamal Adams finally has a new home.

The Jets traded their disgruntled All-Pro safety to the Seahawks on Saturday, one day after Adams ramped up his "trade me now" efforts by criticizing Jets head coach Adam Gase.

The Eagles were extremely long shots in the Adams sweepstakes because of their long-term salary cap situation, so it's not exactly a surprise that Howie Roseman sat this one out. But there's still cause for celebration here in Philly.

Why? Because Adams isn't coming to the NFC East.

The Cowboys were long rumored to have serious interest in dealing for Adams, a 24-year-old star entering his prime. That would've been less than ideal for Carson Wentz and the Eagles, who would've faced the best safety in the league at least twice a year for the foreseeable future.

Now, would it have been more beneficial to keep Adams in the AFC and face him just once every four years? Obviously. But the Jets didn't want Adams to stay in their conference, so keeping him out of the NFC East is the next-best option.

The Seahawks aren't a great destination, considering their consistent competitiveness and their dominance of the Eagles in the last half-decade. However, Seattle gave up a dang haul to acquire Adams:

Two first-round picks! It's been a while since Seattle really hit on a first-round pick, but do you know how they built their mid-to-late 2010s string of great seasons? With a few first-round picks by the names of Russell Okung (2010), Earl Thomas (2010), and Bruce Irvin (2012). 

The Seahawks have found a bunch of great players outside the first round, but your odds are higher with those premium picks, and consistently finding young talent is vital to sustainable success in the long-term, so losing a pair of first-round picks is pretty significant.

Combine that lack of picks with the money the Seahawks will have to pay Adams if they want to keep him around for years to come, and it's not exactly a team-friendly transaction.

It wasn't a dream scenario for the Eagles, but overall this Adams deal has enough positives for fans to feel good.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/why-eagles-fans-should-be-pretty-happy-jamal-adams-trade

Better than going to Dallas for sure, but man he is going to make Seattle that much tougher to deal with - they've had our number for a few years now.  And those 1st rd picks they gave up are likely to be in the late 20s so they didn't give up as much as it seems.  

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Better than going to Dallas for sure, but man he is going to make Seattle that much tougher to deal with - they've had our number for a few years now.  And those 1st rd picks they gave up are likely to be in the late 20s so they didn't give up as much as it seems.  

Well I had that one chalked as a loss anyway. Seattle are our major weakness it seems. 

4 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Well I had that one chalked as a loss anyway. Seattle are our major weakness it seems. 

I believe their last win over Seahawks was 2008.

16 minutes ago, gameshowfan91 said:

I believe their last win over Seahawks was 2008.

And is it 4 losses in the Doug / Carson era?

13 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

And is it 4 losses in the Doug / Carson era?

Yep 4 losses to Seattle under Doug (2 last year ... regular season and playoffs).  We are 1-8 against them since 2005 (our lone win coming in 2008 as gameshowfan91 pointed out).  

The Seahawks and Saints are the two teams that beat the Eagles far too often. They are annoying. Years ago, it was the Cardinals, now it's these two.

37 minutes ago, PoconoDon said:

The Seahawks and Saints are the two teams that beat the Eagles far too often. They are annoying.

Yep it’s maddening that those 2 teams have had our number far too long.  We’ve beat NO only 3 times in the past 20 years (they beat us 7 times during that same span).  We are 1-5 in our last 6 against them.  

No doubt in my mind we would have beat Sea if Wentz didn't get cuncussed

3 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

And is it 4 losses in the Doug / Carson era?

Last one needs an *

They almost beat them with a 40 year old backup after getting like 3 first downs in 3 quarters. At least that's how it felt. Longest game ever.