Titans sign veteran safety Jamal Adams to one-year deal

The Tennessee Titans bolstered its secondary on Thursday, as veteran safety Jamal Adams agreed to a one-year deal to play in Nashville in 2024. 

ESPN first reported the deal, and the Titans announced it later in the day.

Adams spent the past four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, but he was released on March 5 and has been sitting in the free agent pool ever since. 

Tennessee does have Amani Hooker and Elijah Molden on its roster already at safety, but Adams is expected to compete for one of those starting jobs later this month when training camp begins. 

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Adams, a seven-year veteran, was once the league’s highest-paid safety after he signed a four-year, $70 million extension with the Seahawks after the New York Jets traded him in 2020. 

The Jets received two first-round picks from Seattle for Adams, who was coming off back-to-back All-Pro seasons with New York. 

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Adams’ defensive backs coach with the Jets in those seasons, Dennard Wilson, is on Tennessee’s staff.

Adams’ tenure in Seattle started off with a bang in 2020, as he had a career-high 9.5 sacks over 12 games and made second-team All-Pro and yet another Pro Bowl. 

But Adams’ production has plummeted since that season, with injuries playing a major role. 

Adams played 12 games again in 2021, but the 2022 season opener saw him tear his quadriceps tendon in his left leg, which ended his campaign. It even carried over into the 2023 season, as he missed the first three games dealing with rehab. 

Once he was finally able to get back on the field, Adams didn’t look the same last season, totaling 48 tackles and two passes defended over nine games, and the Seahawks eventually made the decision to shut him down in December. 

At one point, Adams, the sixth overall pick by the Jets in 2017 out of LSU, even admitted that he thought about retiring from football. 

But Adams gets another opportunity to prove he still has elite talent at the safety position with the Titans.  

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Chilean pro wrestling star Stephanie Vaquer joins WWE, appears bound for NXT

WWE landed a major pro wrestling star on Wednesday, one who will start at NXT and certainly bolster the already rising roster the brand has put together.

Stephanie Vaquer, a Chilean professional wrestler who held titles in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and was ranked No. 54 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Top 250 women’s wrestlers in 2023, signed with WWE.

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Vaquer appeared to say her goodbyes to fans at her final CMLL show over the weekend. CMLL then announced she was being stripped of her World’s Women’s Championship and World Women’s Tag Team Championship as she departed for "personal reasons."

Shawn Michaels, the WWE legend who is now the senior vice president of talent development creative and leads creative for NXT, confirmed that Vaquer was indeed headed for WWE.

"Welcome to the WWE Family, @Steph_Vaquer. See you in Orlando!" Michaels wrote.

Multiple reports indicated over the last few weeks that WWE and All Elite Wrestling were both interested in bringing in Vaquer full time.

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Vaquer appeared at AEW’s Forbidden Door event as part of the company’s partnership with CMLL and NJPW. Vaquer fought Mercedes Moné, who performed in WWE as Sasha Banks, for the AEW TBS Championship and NJPW Strongwoman’s Championship. Moné ended up winning.

Vaquer will now join a roster filled with talent.

Roxanne Perez is the NXT Women’s Champion and Kelani Jordan is the Women’s North American Champion. Both recently defended their titles against Lola Vice and Sol Ruca respectively.

Adriana Rizzo, Arianna Grace, Brinley Reece, Carlee Bright, Cora Jade, Dani Palmer, Fallon Henley, Gigi Dolan, Izzi Dame, Jacy Jayne, Jaida Parker, Jakara Jackson, Jazymn Nix, Karmen Petrovic, Lash Legend, Meiko Satomura, Nikkita Lyons, Stevie Turner, Tatum Paxley, Thea Hail, Wendy Choo and Wren Sinclair are just some of the other talented women listed on the roster.

WWE has also partnered with TNA in recent months. TNA Women’s Champion Jordynne Grace has appeared on the show, as has Ash by Elegance, formerly known as Dana Brooke in WWE.

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