Adrian Amos, a safety, was waived by the New York Jets this week; in
order to acquire him, the Cleveland Browns must file a waiver claim.
When you read things on Twitter that you don’t think are true, you
sometimes choose to ignore them. That’s precisely what I did last
night when I noticed Adrian Amos had been waived. After being
selected in the fifth round in the 2015 draught, he played with the
Bears for four years. After that, he signed a four-year, $36 million
contract as a free agent with the Packers in the north. The Jets then
acquired him in the off-season for a $1.75 million contract when
Chuck Clark had a season-ending knee injury.
Adrian Amos
The Jets demoted Amos down the depth chart to concentrate on
developing their young safety, which is understandable given that
their season is finished due to ‘ injury and they would
need to run the table to be competitive again. Despite this, Amos is
still a very effective player. Then, in order to move somewhere where
he might play and perhaps qualify for the postseason, he requested
his release.
He is performing well and has already played 264 snaps this season.
With a forced incompletion percentage of 20%, tied for 11th in the
league, he is PFF’s 21st top safety of the year. In contrast, Grant
Delpit was at 8%, Juan Thornhill was at 0%, and Rodney McLeod
was at 10%.
Agreement
Amos would easily be someone you can add to the club, since he
would come with a completely guaranteed $347,222 for the balance
of the season, which is only slightly above the league average.
They essentially lost the opportunity to play three safety when they
lost Rodney McLeod since they didn’t trust Hickman or Bell to play
much. Harmon, who is a fantastic acquisition, was recruited to the
practise squad but hasn’t yet been added to the active roster.
In summary
This is a no-brainer decision in my opinion; in the worst-case
situation, you could have to release Ronnie Hickman or another
member of the squad, since Flacco, Wills, and Mitchell will soon need
roster places and Walker and Diabate are the only clear possibilities
to go. When Ward returns, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz
should have the option to play six defensive backs once more, which
would allow them to maintain the flexibility of their defence instead
of adding 0.5 linebackers each snap, as we witnessed against the
Broncos.
Obtaining him as an in-season backup is excellent after losing
McLeod; my assumption is that someone else gets to him before us
on waivers, but it shouldn’t stop them from trying to claim him. He
was a player I was happy to go after in free agency if Thornhill was
more costly.
