Amidst a tough week of increased COVID-19 cases, New York Jets star safety Jamal Adams gave us a brief reprieve by reportedly requesting a trade — and he had some preference as to where he would go during his next stint.
While it’s a very difficult problem to take the game of football — a game that is the product of many interconnected pieces — and isolate the impact of one player, we’ve attempted to do that with our PFF WAR metric. Because Adams excels at everything, specifically coverage, he has been one of the most valuable defensive players in the NFL since entering the league in 2017, with only Harrison Smith eclipsing him in terms of win shares.