Why there is a pathological wish to assign blame to someone here escapes me.
The team traded for a SS when they needed one. The player was a repeat Pro Bowl quality player who'd been drafted in the first round by the Jets, and who was unlikely to reach an accord with them to renew his rookie contract because they had cap problems and he was unhappy playing on a consistently bad team. The player was considered exceptional at his position around the league. The Seahawks were on average drafting at about 25th in the first round at the time of the trade so they'd be unlikely to draft a player of his quality at their position of need. so the team traded and paid a high price 2- 1sts and a 3rd round pick knowing they'd need to re-up the player after the year of the trade because his contract was up.
Adams arrived, and played so well for the team he set an NFL all time record for sacks by a DB and Made the Pro Bowl again. The player looked to be valuable enough to re-up with a new contract and at least considered a high quality addition at a position of need for the team. The player had team leadership skills as well. Some will argue he was misused but the team took advantage of his blitzing ability to get those 9.5 sacks that year as they had little other talent that was effective rushing the passer. Adams started getting hurt towards the end of the season and had repeat finger dislocation injuries that he himself resolved by having the troublesome fingers fused so he'd not lose time to dislocations. He then tore the labrum in in his hip which needed offseason surgery and caused him to lose time again. The team after the first year tried to use him as a more conventional SS with only average results, but he did always tackle hard making a statement. Shortly after returning in year three he suffered a quadriceps injury ending his season early in the season. That injury needed reconstructive surgery and this caused him to lose time until early this year. He then suffered an almost immediate concussion and a repeat concussion leading to his arguments with the concussion protocol. He's presently shown on the injury report as having a knee injury. Sadly while not playing much on a pretty substantial contract is injured again and seems to have lost a step as a result of his injuries. Is this a permanent situation or will he return when he's recovered. That quad injury is often career ending. None of these injuries were his fault or the fault of the team but the player is clear not playing much and is underperforming his contract. The silly social media YIKES!!! BS is just that pure BS though Adams has displayed an immature response to it likely out of a personal sense of feeling disrespected.
In the end I could see the team moving on from him if he isn't ready to renegotiate his deal, and he now has ability questions surrounding his recovery speed caused by his injuries. Is there blame for making a trade where the player hasn't completely justified the price paid for acquisition? Maybe but I don't think anyone really pooched it here as the player was good after he arrived and has had troubles staying on the field since being seriously injured. He 's not the only DB the team has traded to acquire that busted out because of injuries.
I blame buzzard luck and nobody else.
EDIT: injured all year,
https://www.fieldgulls.com/2023/12/...ahawks-jamal-adams-carroll-2024-injury-future